Our guest writer shares a summary of the 21st Century Cures Act and how it affects health IT.

Learn why connected health is a hot topic of conversation in this blog post from HIMSS connected health subject matter expert, John Sharp.

Read key takeaways on the proposal and learn what the future health information and technology landscape might look like.

Understand how HIMSS is supporting Canadian health associations and initiatives around digital health in Canada.

Perfecting the right combination of people, innovative thinking and protocols involved is critical to reducing infant mortality. With more ways to support women before, during and after pregnancy, there is increased potential for improved outcomes and eliminating health disparities. 

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Learn about 21st Century Cures provisions to drive interoperability and HIMSS's work to support these efforts.

Learn about the ONC's Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) and HIMSS's work to support these efforts.

Learn about the Proposed Interoperability Standards Measurement Framework and HIMSS's work to support these efforts.

At a HIMSS Chapter Advocacy roundtable, members offered their suggestions on critical areas of focus on the digital health horizon in 2019.

As precision medicine continues to advance and evolve, ensuring the data collection process provides an accurate representation of all races and nationalities will be key to creating insights that are actionable.

While there is still a long way to go before we have the ability to understand how individuals and their genomes interact to cause disease – and therefore use that genomic data to improve health – there is progress, shares our guest blogger.

Powell, K. & Alexander, G. (Summer, 2019). Mitigating Barriers to Interoperability in Health Care. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 23(2). Available at http://www.himss.org/ojni