HIMSS is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information and technology. HIMSS leads efforts to optimize health engagements and care outcomes using information technology. Learn more.
March 22, 2019
Our director of Professional Development shares nine major benefits of participating in continuing professional development.
March 21, 2019
(VIDEO) Dr. John Halamka and Dr. Stanley Shaw have a vision for empowering health leaders to leverage health IT and data to improve the healthcare experience for everyone. Learn more.
March 21, 2019
Interoperability will create the intersection for blockchain in healthcare. The HIMSS Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force explains how.
March 14, 2019
HIMSS along with the Association of Public Health Laboratories, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, and NAPHSIS launched a campaign, Data: Elemental to Health in a new appropriation for the CDC for an innovative initiative that will transform the public health surveillance enterprise.
March 13, 2019
On March 11, President Donald J. Trump released his Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Proposal, and presented it to Congress for its consideration.
March 07, 2019
The summit, a partnership between Cleveland Clinic and HIMSS, will focus on how healthcare is extending empathy into an increasingly digital environment.
March 08, 2019
"About 82 percent of hospital information security leaders surveyed reported having a 'significant security incident' in the last 12 months, according to the 2019 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey."
February 06, 2019
Record-keeping challenges mean patients are too often misidentified and given the wrong care. Technology may help with that.
February 01, 2019
Digital health innovators will need to start delivering tangible results, not just hype, for consumers this year, judged the HIMSS 2019 Healthcare Trends Report.
Mar 24, 2019
Unsigned prescriptions are now legal when created with an electronic system that is integrated with the New Zealand e-Prescription Service (NZePS).
Mar 22, 2019
A new report from Chilmark research finds more health systems broadening their applications of data tools, and putting them to work for initiatives beyond value-based care.
Mar 22, 2019
At the Georgia health system, a smartphone app is the hub for after-hours communication among physicians, nurses and patients, with caregivers getting more information than ever.
