How Thin Clients Cut Costs and Create More Efficient Healthcare White Paper
Learn how to achieve easier data protection and improve, optimize clinicians’ access to critical apps.
Clinically Integrated Outcomes Strategy for Quality and Safety White Paper
Quality and safety are fundamental goals in all global healthcare systems. HIMSS is proposing a new strategy for addressing patient safety and the growing rates of preventable deaths and injuries from adverse events.
The Importance of Social Determinants of Health in Determining the Right Clinical Interventions White Paper
Our guest writer illustrates how clinician knowledge of a patient’s social determinants of health can allow for earlier, more targeted clinical interventions.
Reimagining Healthcare Innovation to Overcome the Real-World Challenge of Maternal Health White Paper
Our Innovation Committee and collaborators lay out innovative solutions to the global healthcare challenge of improving maternal health.
Removing Data Bias from AI and Machine Learning Tools in Healthcare White Paper
Our members discuss the importance of unlocking the benefits of AI and machine learning in healthcare in a way that combats data bias, rather than exacerbating already present and widespread inequity.
Aggregate Immunization Acknowledgment Message Reports Guidance White Paper
To prepare vaccination provider organizations to handle ACK message data, an IIP work group developed this guidance document to improve visibility and access to information from acknowledgment messages.
The Information Blocking Rule and Its Application in Skilled Nursing Facilities White Paper
This paper focuses on compliance of the Information Blocking Rule, particularly for skilled nursing facilities, and ensuring authorized access to electronic health information.
Immunization Query Response Aggregate Measures for Multiple Matches Report
In February 2020, the Immunization Integration Program (IIP) Executive Committee identified four areas of focus from over 30 prioritized issues for improving immunization interoperability, information sharing and management.
Crisis as a Catalyst for Innovation Report
This paper focuses on innovation opportunities fueled by COVID-19 crisis that help catalyze better outcomes and continuity of care with unprecedented demand for patient-centered Hospital-at-Home(HaH) models (pioneered & trademarked by Johns Hopkins Medicine).
Digital Health Transformation Report
On November 2nd, 2021, healthcare technology company Philips partnered with HIMSS to deliver the virtual Executive Think Tank, Leading the Journey to Digital Health Transformation.
APAC Value-Based Care Government Roundtable Report
How Asia-Pacific countries are meeting the challenge of value-based care: Five key takeaways from a HIMSS APAC virtual government roundtable.
Can High-Reliability Organization Principles Help Transform Healthcare Delivery in the U.S.?
The pandemic highlighted an opportunity for the U.S. healthcare system to become more efficient and effective in delivering care during times of public health crises and beyond.