Nurses Month 2024 Industry Perspective – Nurse Innovation Digitizing Healthcare’s Future
This nurse’s month, we’ve engaged with three healthcare technology industry nurse thought leaders to provide invaluable insights and share their perspectives on the essential needs of nurse innovation and digital health technology in 2024.
HIMSS Government Relations And Informatics Impact Report
Get ready to dive into an exhilarating journey through the accomplishments, impact, and challenges of the HIMSS government relations and informatics team throughout Fiscal Year 2023!
With a focus on three core priorities — member engagement and enrichment, member-driven content develo...
Future Value Creation in MedTech
The article will provide actionable best-practice advice about the four key aspects required for successfully providing future value in MedTech (connectivity, data integration, solution and outcome focus, user- and patient centric design).
Navigating COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond in the Digital Era: Agile Healthcare Paradigm
The application of agile methodologies demonstrates its functionality in navigating PHEIC during COVID-19 regarding preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. Let us explore the impact of adopting agile practices on health outcomes and performance at the working group and organizational levels...
Liberate the Data to Improve Patient Access
Patient access has been a hot topic for decades – long before digital front doors, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR) standards, interoperability, and post-pandemic provider burnout.
Heritage Living Center Tackles Quality Measure Challenges
2019 Davies Community Health Award winner, Heritage Living Center, faced higher than average unexpected weight loss rates and was determined to design workflows that would support more effective monitoring practices for unexplained weight loss across their patient population.
HIMSS & Data Have End of the Year Big Win on the Hill
HIMSS strongly advocated for the inclusion of $50 million in new funding, and looks forward to continuing the work with our campaign partners and the CDC to modernize the public health surveillance enterprise through upgrading IT systems and recruiting and retaining skilled data scientists.
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HIMSS, Healthbox Collaborate on BlueCross BlueShield Data Innovation Challenge
Out of more than 130 submissions and five finalists, Thrive was chosen for its proposal to evaluate the health-economic impact of earlier multi-cancer detection, and better identify and predict populations that will most likely benefit from this approach.
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center Embraces Digital Healthcare Transformation
The Davies Award winning organization created a smart room in one of their facilities to improve patient experience and outcomes, using it as a model to help pave the way for healthcare transformation through innovation.
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Comment on FDA CDS Software Draft Guidance
HIMSS and the Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) provided written comments to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Clinical Decision Support Software; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff.
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Comment on Updates to the Anti-Kickback and Physician Self-Referral Regulations
HIMSS and the Personal Connected Health Alliance provided written comments on two separate proposed regulations.
Mackenzie Health Improves COPD Care Coordination
2019 Davies Award winner Mackenzie Health took action to address delays in care and reduce length of stay for COPD patients.