Social Determinants of Health
Discover more about the social determinants of health—the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age—and their broad impact on health, health equity and overall well-being in this guide.
The Importance of Good Governance
Our guest writer shares while often overlooked, governance in a healthcare organization's information and technology can lead to a higher level of trust by patients.
Medication Process Compliance in Pediatric Inpatients – Time to the First
For most medical conditions, reducing the time between intent to treat and actual treatment is beneficial. The goal of this study was to determine the current state of the medication process at a university-affiliated children’s hospital. [Haresh L. Bhatia, Neal R. Patel, Catherine H. Ivory, Ph...
Capturing and Evaluating Process Semantics from Front-Line Nurses: A Pilot Study
Tacit clinical knowledge acquired by front-line nurses over many years of practice is notoriously difficult to capture and codify. This study aims to enable front-line nurses to capture their own process domain semantics and constructs ontologies from the semantics and rank semantic similiarity....
Inspire, Innovate, Influence: This Is How Nurses Lead
Our guest writer shares how every nurse can inspire, innovate and influence no matter their position.
Ochsner Health System | HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award
Ochsner Health System received the 2018 Davies Enterprise Award for improving population health outcomes through digital medicine solutions, improved opioid prescribing practices and a successful transition to value-based care.
Mercy Health | HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award
Mercy Health received the 2018 Davies Enterprise Award for improving outcomes through a primary care rooming redesign, a bedside procedure charging workflow and a program that improved opioid prescribing practices.
Learning from Tragedy: Why We Need Effective Health IT
A story of how miscommunication and misdiagnosis led to tragedy and an example of why information and technology are so important in healthcare.
TriHealth | HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award
TriHealth received the 2018 Davies Enterprise Award for improving outcomes through strategic payment optimization, a surgical optimization center, and an advanced quality outcomes initiative.
Children's Hospital Colorado | HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award
Children’s Hospital Colorado received the 2018 Davies Enterprise Award for improving outcomes through reduced bronchiolitis testing & treatment, improved appendicitis care and improving complex medical treatment plans, which led to the hospital's achievement of the Triple Aim.
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VCU Health System | HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award
VCU Health System received the Davies Enterprise Award for improving colorectal surgery recovery outcomes, improving patient discharge communications and reducing catheter-associated UTIs.
Sparrow Health | HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award
Sparrow Health received the 2018 Davies Enterprise Award for improving outcomes through leveraging EMRs to assess opioid safety scores, decreasing CAUTIs and improving blood product ordering.