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 15, 2019
Akron Children’s Hospital convened a multidisciplinary team to launch an initiative aimed at optimizing PICU care. Diverse in their areas of expertise, the team worked diligently to drive these improvements.
March 14, 2019
Two leaders at the intersection of health, technology and underserved communities see potential to create tech solutions for health issues facing California’s Latinx youth from immigrant families and across the nation.
March 13, 2019
What if we could have a rich narrative and the ability to machine process and encode important concepts within medical records? Our Health Story Project co-chair shares how natural language processing bridges the divide and makes both possible.
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 18, 2019
Using the Massachusetts Prescription Awareness Tool will create better access to prescription data for clinicians at Partners.
Mar 18, 2019
The industry veteran and head of the CTA on the greatest threat to innovation, empathy as the new currency – and why every health organization should be thinking like a tech company.
Mar 18, 2019
Sharing systems and data, speed to market and agility and improved security are among the reasons payers are making the move to cloud.
