Social Determinants of Health
Discover more about the social determinants of health—the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age—and their broad impact on health, health equity and overall well-being in this guide.
C-CDA Rendering Tool: A Demonstration of New Features Webinar
Experience how a new C-CDA rendering tool can improve visualization of your C-CDA documents.
HIMSS Population Health Management and Capabilities Model
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.
The Journey of Writing a Health Information Exchange Case Study
A HIMSS Health Information Exchange Case Studies Task Force participant breaks down the HIE case study process while addressing patient and provider engagement strategies.
The Importance of Good Governance
Our guest writer shares while often overlooked, governance in a healthcare organization's information and technology can lead to a higher level of trust by patients.
Blockchain in Healthcare: A Path to Success
Explore part 2 of this blockchain blog series, authored by HIMSS Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force members.
Genomics – Getting the Right Data
Genomics testing can help to determine not only your lineage but what health factors of which to be aware now and as you age. Explore some of the basics of genomics, the roles and impact of these new data, and the implications for precision health.
Medication Process Compliance in Pediatric Inpatients – Time to the First
For most medical conditions, reducing the time between intent to treat and actual treatment is beneficial. The goal of this study was to determine the current state of the medication process at a university-affiliated children’s hospital. [Haresh L. Bhatia, Neal R. Patel, Catherine H. Ivory, Ph...
Examining the Characteristics of Health-Related Gaming Interventions Among Congenital Heart Disease Patients: A Scoping Review
Health related gaming is an alternative medium for the delivery of patient education materials. To date, these types of interventions have been used throughout the healthcare environment, however no extensive review has been conducted to determine the characteristics of these interventions. The a...
Capturing and Evaluating Process Semantics from Front-Line Nurses: A Pilot Study
Tacit clinical knowledge acquired by front-line nurses over many years of practice is notoriously difficult to capture and codify. This study aims to enable front-line nurses to capture their own process domain semantics and constructs ontologies from the semantics and rank semantic similiarity....
How Informatics Drives Quality Care and Nursing Impact
As we celebrate the vital role and accomplishments of nurses during National Nurses Week from May 6-12, I call on all healthcare stakeholders to share how nursing informatics is helping the industry innovate and how this will impact care delivery.
Let’s Make it Easier for Providers to Track Immunizations
"Providing more timely access to immunization data is what the HIMSS Immunization Integration Program is all about."