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.
September 17, 2018
Innovation in healthcare comes down to how you care about, engage, and treat your people – your patients, your employees, your community and yourself. Healthbox's vice president, Justin Gernot, encourages us to forget the promise of new tech for a moment and consider its purpose.
September 17, 2018
We spoke with HIMSS Congressional Affairs experts to learn more about expanding access to quality care – a key point of engagement for this year's NHIT Week. Discover what they had to say about HIMSS’s work and overall progress in the industry.
September 14, 2018
#IHeartHIT is a year-long storytelling initiative that aims to shed light on the opportunities and impact health information technology can have on improving health and how care is delivered.
September 13, 2018
Healthcare transformers will gather in Santa Clara, Calif., September 16-18 at the 12th Annual Health 2.0 Fall Conference.
September 12, 2018
While patients can be treated with unbelievably sophisticated innovations, it's not a stretch to say that it's easy for the patient to get lost in the healthcare process. The disruption is coming, it’s inevitable.
September 11, 2018
On September 10, HIMSS submitted a letter to CMS with its response to the Medicare Program Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2019; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; Quality Payment Program; and Medicaid Promoting Interoperability Program.
September 07, 2018
Nearly two-thirds of respondents to a HIMSS Media survey cite interoperability, health information exchange and data integration as the areas of healthcare most in need of technology innovation.
July 31, 2018
After spending 10 years building and optimizing its system to enlist clinician support, as well as adding data analytic, health exchange, and other capabilities, Cedars-Sinai expects to reap a hard-fought return on investment (ROI) in the form of dramatically improved patient outcomes and efficiencies as well as lower costs and increased revenues.
July 10, 2018
We’re a week away from the call for speakers deadline for the 2019 HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition, which will take place in Orlando, Florida, on February 11 through 15. It’s the largest healthcare information technology conference (with some excellent regional events as well) and pretty much a who’s who of the industry.
