Creating a Better World with the HIMSS Global Health Equity Network
In this Q&A, HIMSS’s Chief Americas Officer Denise Hines explains the importance of the network and how it aligns with HIMSS’s renewed purpose of realizing the full health and wellness potential of every person on the planet.
HIMSS Defines Digital Health for the Global Healthcare Industry
After research, personal interactions and broad feedback from HIMSS’ 80,000 members around the world, it has become clear that the time is now for a comprehensive, yet focused, definition of digital health.
HIMSS-Forrester Benchmark Study Finds Healthcare Lacks a Proper Data-Driven Customer and Employee Experience Strategy
HIMSS and Forrester today announced the results from a study that investigates adoption of consumer and employee experience capabilities within healthcare.
HIMSS Unveils the Digital Health Indicator to Measure Health System Progress Toward A Digital Health Ecosystem
To support global health systems as they look for ways to accelerate and strengthen capacity and resilience as the future unfolds, HIMSS is proud to unveil its global solution, the Digital Health Indicator.
HIMSS and Forrester Partner to Understand Technology Motivation
COVID-19 became a motivator to technology vendors to build new solutions for the healthcare industry. Forrester collaborated with HIMSS to survey frontline healthcare IT workers on what’s working and what isn’t.
HIMSS Launches Telehealth Community to Respond to Changing Health and Care Needs
“The goal of the HIMSS Telehealth Community is to create a unified voice for telehealth professionals across all health and care fields, enable exchange of knowledge, innovation and best practice in the area and, with this, increase recognition of telehealth solutions to deliver and make improv...
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...
Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act: HIMSS and PCHA Support Bipartisan Bill
Bipartisan bill will continue the expanded use of critical telehealth services beyond the current COVID-19 pandemic by eliminating restrictions on the use in Medicare, providing a bridge for patients currently using the practices because of the crisis and making permanent the disaster waiver auth...
HIMSS Collaborates on Roadmap for Queensland’s Digital Health Future
HIMSS has joined a new digital health project, in collaboration with Queensland Health and the University of Queensland, to help health workers in Queensland, Australia, and their partners build a data-driven roadmap for digital transformation.
Global Health Equity Week 2020 Announced for October 19-23
HIMSS is pleased to launch Global Health Equity Week, an initiative focused on displaying the potential of health information and technology to transform health and minimize health disparities.
HIMSS-Forrester Survey Assesses Supply Chain Management in COVID-19 Pandemic
HIMSS and Forrester are partnering on a new survey to assess supply chain management technologies and processes related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Launching the 2021 HIMSS Global Maternal Health Tech Challenge
The HIMSS Global Health Equity Network and Accelerate Health are partnering to launch a global tech challenge focused upon improving maternal health outcomes.