Akron Children’s Hospital Standardizes Idiopathic Scoliosis Care
Read about how 2019 Davies Award winner Akron Children's Hospital reduced length of stay for idiopathic scoliosis patients by 50%.
Announcing the Global Consortium for eHealth Interoperability
HIMSS, HL7 International, and IHE International announce the formation of the Global Consortium for eHealth Interoperability.
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.
Truman Medical Centers Reduces Patient Falls Through Remote Patient Monitoring
2019 Davies Award winner Truman Medical Centers decreased patient falls by more than 34% using a virtual observation solution.
Hal Wolf, HIMSS President & CEO, Testifies in front of U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
Hal Wolf, HIMSS President & CEO, testified in front of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization.
Value-Based Care: Paving the Way to Health Transformation
Intermountain Healthcare shares their journey to achieving the HIMSS Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity (AMAM) Stage 7 validation.
St. Luke’s University Health Network Reduces Acute Kidney Injury and Hypotension
St. Luke's University Health Network aimed to address prevent future post-operative complications like acute kidney injury and hypotension that often follow a total joint replacement procedure, and worked on new protocols to prevent and reduce these instances.
2019 HIMSS Davies Award Winners: Improving Health and Wellness Through Information and Technology
Congratulations to the 2019 Davies Award winners: 11 organizations that have achieved HIMSS’s highest global recognition of healthcare organizations.
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.
Celebrating HIMSS Stage 7 Organizations Advancing Global Health
47 healthcare organizations. Three HIMSS Maturity Models. All utilized to accomplish one goal: digital transformation in healthcare. See the 2019 list of Stage 7 validated organizations, read their stories and find out what you need to do to be on next year’s list.
Yale New Haven Hospital Improves Access to Health Data with Capacity Coordination Center
To improve the flow of health data, 2019 Davies Award winner Yale New Haven Hospital implemented a Capacity Coordination Center.
ONC and CMS Release Final Interoperability Regulations
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services publicly released their final regulations related to driving more interoperability and data exchange across the entire healthcare ecosystem.