Leveraging Information and Technology to Mitigate the Opioid Epidemic at the Federal and State Levels
Every day, 115 Americans die from an opioid-related drug overdose. To encourage awareness about the public health epidemic, HIMSS is hosting a series of webinars on leveraging health information and technology to mitigate the opioid crisis at the federal and state levels.
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ONC Forum Addresses Transforming Patient Care through Interoperability
The recent ONC Interoperability Forum brought people together to learn about recent efforts to advance interoperability nationwide and identify concrete actions in response to current interoperability challenges.
HIMSS & Data Have End of the Year Big Win on the Hill
HIMSS strongly advocated for the inclusion of $50 million in new funding, and looks forward to continuing the work with our campaign partners and the CDC to modernize the public health surveillance enterprise through upgrading IT systems and recruiting and retaining skilled data scientists.
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HIMSS and PCHAlliance Comment on FDA CDS Software Draft Guidance
HIMSS and the Personal Connected Health Alliance (PCHAlliance) provided written comments to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Clinical Decision Support Software; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff.
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Comment on Updates to the Anti-Kickback and Physician Self-Referral Regulations
HIMSS and the Personal Connected Health Alliance provided written comments on two separate proposed regulations.
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.
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.
Telehealth in the COVID-19 Spotlight
As confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to grow at an alarming rate, we are seeing an almost unprecedented embrace of telehealth by the U.S. federal government to help connect patients and providers in an attempt to limit the spread of the disease.
Final CMS Interoperability Regulation: What You Need to Know
On Monday, March 9, 2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) publicly released their final regulations related to driving more interoperability and data exchange across the entire healthcare ecosystem.
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Final ONC Interoperability Regulation: What You Need to Know
On Monday, March 9, 2020 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.
The Evolution of National Health IT Week
Tom Leary, vice president of government relations at HIMSS North America, discusses the evolution of National Health IT Week and its tranformation from an idea to an actionable initiative.
Opioid Safety Scores in EMR Improve Patient Outcomes
HIMSS Analytics is proud to recognize Sparrow Health System for its revalidation as a Stage 7 healthcare system, as tracked by the EMRAM/O-EMRAM.
