Outcomes research combined with health economics provides data and insights to help inform and guide healthcare-related decision-making, focused on providing the best outcomes for the most people. 

The HIMSS Innovative Technologies & Policies Checklist outlines how states, territories and private organizations can leverage health IT solutions during natural disasters.

Public health advocate and recipient of the HIMSS Most Influential Women in Health IT Award, Jessican Kahn, shares stories from her career and the impact health IT can have on population health.

Interact with a new HIMSS population health management model that identifies population health domains and capabilities, and maps nearly 500 functions to Value-Based Care (VBC) payment models to help bring clarity to your population health efforts.

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.

Keeping patients at the center means guiding their health journey from start to finish. This Stage 7 success story explores how one health system implemented a truly impactful palliative care program.

As consumerism in healthcare changes how care is delivered, measured and maintained, health systems are being forced to adapt quickly.

Lafayette General Health was in search of a patient engagement solution to improve follow-up communications and reduce unnecessary patient visits. Discover what they implemented and what they accomplished. 

Akron Children’s Hospital convened a multidisciplinary team to launch an initiative aimed at optimizing PICU care. Diverse in their areas of expertise, the team worked diligently to drive these improvements.

Rush University Medical Center is the third organization worldwide to achieve Stage 7 validation with the HIMSS Analytics Advanced Analytics Maturity Model (AMAM). In 2018, the Chicago medical center was also honored by HIMSS with the Davies Award of Excellence.

By encouraging patients to take a more active role in their health maintenance by leveraging their personal health portals, Altru Health System saw increased patient engagement and was recognized as a HIMSS Stage 7 healthcare system for both inpatient and outpatient care.

HIMSS Analytics is proud to recognize Cook County Health & Hospitals System (CCHHS) for its recent validation as a Stage 7 healthcare system, as tracked by the EMRAM SM