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August 15, 2018
HIMSS continues to pay close attention to government actions towards value-based care and is looking for opportunities to ensure that health IT are appropriately positioned in these efforts. Our senior director of Federal & State Affairs shares a roundup of some of his key takeaways.
August 14, 2018
Adrian Zai, MD, of Partners HealthCare shared insights with Healthcare IT News on how health systems can embrace innovation and collaboration as they work towards value-based care.
August 13, 2018
Guest blogger shares what she's learned about the real-world challenges with interoperability and state PDMPs, and how this information partnered with networking at HIMSS18 was applied to develop a tangible resource.
August 15, 2018
The Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship program recently announced its fourth class of Health Innovators Fellows, including Indu Subaiya, executive vice president at HIMSS.
August 10, 2018
On August 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a proposed rule focused on revamping the Medicare Shared Savings Accountable Care Organization Program.
August 08, 2018
Prior to adjourning for the August recess, albeit an abbreviated break for the Senate, Congress was successful in accomplishing several key HIMSS policy priorities.
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.
July 03, 2018
Sohan Dua, MD, got the bad news in a phone call one morning in February 2017: His practice had been hacked.
