China Medical University Hospital Becomes First in Taiwan to Receive Davies Award
China Medical University Hospital, a world’s leading hospital with artificial intelligence solutions to improve care delivery, was recognized as a 2023 HIMSS Davies Award recipient. It is the first hospital in Taiwan with the distinction.
Intermountain Health Earns HIMSS Davies Award for Interventions in COPD, CKD and Multimodal Pain Management
Intermountain Health has been recognized as a recipient of a 2023 HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence.
Ontario Shores Becomes First Hospital System in Canada to Earn Three Stage 7 Validations
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) has become the first mental health hospital in the world, and the first hospital in Canada, to receive three Stage 7 achievements on HIMSS Maturity Models.
ICYMI: Protecting Patients and Data at the 2023 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum
Top cybersecurity leaders convened at the 2023 Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum to explore strategies to fortify defenses, safeguard patients and defend against attackers.
HIMSS calls for Congress to Adopt Comprehensive Privacy Law, Framework for AI Implementation in Healthcare
HIMSS, a global advocate for digital health transformation, called for the United States Congress to adopt a robust, comprehensive health privacy law that is universally implementable and applicable to all entities that access protected health information regardless of site or p...
Transforming Healthcare with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: 2023 HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are game-changing technologies driving healthcare’s digital revolution – yet many health systems aren’t prepared to implement their transformative power.
New Indian Health Service EHR System Will Have Multi-Generational Impact on Native American Population Health
The Indian Health Service (IHS), which provides comprehensive healthcare to approximately 2.8 million American Indians and Alaska Natives who belong to 574 federally recognized tribes, has announced the agency will implement Oracle Cerner technology as the new IHS enterprise electronic health rec...
Tribal Nations Face Unique Healthcare Challenges Based on Circumstances and History
November is National Native American Heritage Month in the U.S., providing an opportunity for everyone to recognize the 450,000 million+ Indigenous people around the world whose communities and lands overlap with more than 90 countries and encompass thousands of languages. Some of the oldest Indi...
Biden’s Executive Order Prompts HHS to Create Artificial Intelligence Task Force
President Joe Biden released an executive order on Oct. 30 initiating the creation of a regulatory framework for artificial intelligence and machine learning in the United States.
Intermountain Health Makes History: Receives World’s First Modernized INFRAM Stage 7 Validation for Pioneering Excellence in Outcomes
Intermountain Health, the largest non-profit health system spanning the Intermountain West (with 33 hospitals and 385 ambulatory care centers), has reached an unprecedented milestone. As the first organization worldwide to secure Stage 7 validation on the modernized HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption...
OMB issues guidance on Federal Agency use of Artificial Intelligence
As of Dec. 1, 2024, federal agencies will be required to create a governance structure and meet minimum practices in order to deploy and use artificial intelligence (AI) as part of agencies daily work according to an announcement by Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris on March 28.
Indiana Hospital System’s Predictive Analytics Program Cut Costs and Infections
Parkview Health, an Indiana-based hospital system, improved its patient outcomes and lowered its operational costs by implementing new, predictive algorithms into its electronic health record (EHR) monitoring system. The Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) from HIMSS offered Parkview...