Digital Health Study: Estonia overtakes Denmark as European eHealth Champion
The Annual European eHealth Survey 2019, which has now been published in its 3rd edition, shows that the development of the eHealth industry in Europe is increasingly focusing on "patient empowerment", the ability of patients to not only access and use their own health records, but also to contri...
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Submit Recommendations on EU Digital and AI Strategies
HIMSS and Personal Connected Health Alliance submitted observations and recommendations to the European Union on the EU Digital Strategy report and Artificial Intelligence white paper.
Meet the Panel of Judges for the Kate Granger Awards 2020
We are proud to have gathered an impressive judging panel of nursing and midwifery leaders from across our EU communities, who will work alongside the stellar Kate Granger 2019 award winners from last year, to select those caregivers who have gone above and beyond.
eHealth Study: Non-clinical Telehealth Services Are Most Prevalent, but COVID-19 Accelerates New Trends
HIMSS e-Health Trendbarometer, supported by SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS, reveals telehealth maturity in Europe just before the novel coronavirus outbreak. It also highlights the impact of the pandemic on telemedicine adoption and provides lessons on how the crisis has remodeled the European digital heal...
IMI launches “GRAVITATE - HEALTH” to bring innovative digital health information tools to patients
HIMSS joins ‘Gravitate - Health’, a new European research project which goal is to empower and equip Europeans with health information for active personal health management and adherence to treatment.
Digital Health Advisory Group for Europe Calls for Four Actions in Building the Common European Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
A report on the acute priorities for managing and exiting the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe has been published by the Digital Health Advisory Group for Europe (DHAGE).
HIMSS European Digital Health Survey 2021: Nordic Countries Lead the Way in Digital Health Under COVID-19
The latest HIMSS Annual European Digital Health Survey surveyed more than 400 professionals in the field of digital health between September and November 2020.
US and UK Data Analysts Convene Virtually to Address Imperatives, Share Best Practices
Public health informaticists, data scientists, epidemiologists and data strategists convened virtually in December 2020 for the second meeting of the US-UK Data Analyst Exchange Program, coordinated by the HIMSS Foundation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Chief Tec...
HIMSS Submits Recommendations on EU Health Data Space, Data Governance, Cross-Border Care, HERA
HIMSS has submitted observations and recommendations to the European Commission on European Health Data Space (EHDS), the Proposal for a Regulation on Data Governance, the Cross Border Care Directive, and European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), items that were open f...
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health Commissions HIMSS and Partners to Evaluate Digital Maturity of German Hospitals
The Federal Ministry of Health of Germany has awarded a contract to the DigitalRadar consortium initiated by HIMSS to measure the current and future degree of digitization of hospitals. Germany’s Federal and State governments are investing up to 4.3 billion euros in the digital infrastructure o...
HIMSS Supports Proposed Legislation for Creation of European Health Data Space
HIMSS is delighted to note the publication of the proposed legislation for the creation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS), which marks an important step in the path to making digital health a central pillar of the healthcare systems across the European Union.
HIMSS22 Europe Brings Changemakers Together to Drive Recovery and Resilience of Europe's Health Systems
The 2022 HIMSS European Health Conference & Exhibition is bringing the European healthcare community back together from 14 to 16 June 2022 in Helsinki, Finland, for inspiration, innovation, action and unrivalled networking opportunities.