HIMSS and PCHAlliance Comment on Federal Health IT Strategic Plan
HIMSS and PCHAlliance provided written comments in response to the Draft 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan.
In Times of Crisis, HIEs are Front and Center
Health information exchange organizations play an essential role in aggregating and disseminating data to give local hospitals, public health officials and providers a better understanding of the virus’ spread and the patients being tested and treated.
HHS OIG Releases Proposed Regulation on Information Blocking Civil Money Penalties
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a Proposed Regulation on Civil Money Penalties related to the information blocking provisions included in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Interoperability Regulation.
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ONC and CMS Announce Enforcement Discretion for Interoperability Regulations to Allow the Community Time to Address COVID-19
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a period for enforcement discretion around implementation of the final interoperability regulations to provide all health system stakeholders with additional tim...
Blockchain and the COVID-19 Pandemic: How Evolving Societal Need Accelerates Emerging Technologies
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many high-value use cases where distributed ledger technology such as blockchain could address immediate global needs and support an accelerated response.
Applauding Informatics Nurses in the Year of the Nurse
Results of the HIMSS 2020 Nursing Informatics Workforce Survey suggest nurse informaticists are the driving force fulfilling the urgent need for reliable data at the individual, organizational, national and population levels.
HIMSS Joins World Leaders in Calling for Prevention of Cyberattacks on Healthcare Sector
HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf has joined international leaders including Madeleine Albright, Desmond Tutu and Mohamed ElBaradei in calling on governments to prevent cyberattacks on the healthcare sector.
Redesigning and Automating Healthcare Workflows for Success
In this Stage 7 success story, see how Nicklaus Children’s Hospital redesigned and automated healthcare workflows to provide the best care possible.
HIMSS Continues Improving Health App Effectiveness and Safety
HIMSS has elected to continue developing mobile health application guidelines published in 2019 by Xcertia, Inc.—focused on topics such as privacy, security, content, usability and operability—for use across the healthcare ecosystem.
Nurses Own Innovation at Second Annual NursePitch Competition
HIMSS, the American Nurses Association Enterprise and BD have come together again as innovation leaders in making the second annual NursePitch a success, with first place awarded to AMPAworks, a team offering solutions for real-time inventory tracking and management.
ONC Announces Additional Flexibilities Around Interoperability Final Regulation Implementation
On October 29, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT published an Interim Final Regulation. The regulation covers information blocking, certification, and enforcement.
HIMSS Releases 2020 Cybersecurity Survey
The 2020 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey provides insight into the cybersecurity landscape of US healthcare organizations based upon the feedback from 168 US based healthcare cybersecurity professionals.