HIMSS Media recently announced the global launch of its two leading health IT publications: Healthcare IT News and Mobihealth News.

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Healthcare IT News Has Gone Global: Here's What You Need to Know
HIMSS Announces Global Launch of MobiHealthNews

Healthcare leaders around the world face a multitude of difficulties and opportunities across administrative, financial, operational and technical aspects when delivering patient care. Ensuring that a healthcare organization is well prepared to meet these growing challenges – while maintaining clinical excellence and technical competence – is imperative to sustaining one’s competitive advantage.
We are pleased to introduce the Harvard Medical School Executive Education Program for HIMSS. This innovative three-day program will deliver highly relevant education to meet the increasing responsibilities of today’s healthcare leaders.
Learn more and register for Data, Insights and Strategies for the Health Enterprise.

Explore related thought leadership content from HIMSS:
How to Achieve Organizational Goals With Your Data
What’s Driving the Global Transformation of Care Delivery?
Health Innovation: Are We Getting it Right?
What’s Driving Data-Based Decision-Making?

HIMSS International Chief Clinical Officer Charles Alessi sits with Qualcomm Chief Medical Officer James Mault to discuss the new possibilities technology gives clinicians to use the best information available to make care decisions. Watch the HIMSS TV clip to learn more.

Memorial Hermann was named a 2018 HIMSS Davies Enterprise Award recipient for leveraging the value of health information and technology to improve outcomes, as evidenced in three award-winning use cases. Topics covered include their work to improve early identification of sepsis, decreasing patient falls through clinical decision support tools in the electronic health record, and improving quality outcomes by addressing care gaps.

Learn more in the announcement from HIMSS: Memorial Hermann Reduces Patient Falls to Lowest Rates in the U.S.

Canada Digital Health Week is an annual celebration and recognition of how digital health is transforming the delivery of care across Canada through faster, more efficient care, virtual visits and increased access to personal health information.

• Learn more in Digital Health Week blog posts
• Download the promotional toolkit
• Follow the conversation on social media using the hashtag #ThinkDigitalHealth

HIMSS’s efforts for digital health in Canada focus on three areas:

1. To strengthen our Canada chapters (exciting announcement below)
2. Support existing associations and initiatives in Canada
3. Fill the digital health void.

HIMSS is pleased to announce its 57th chapter, the Canadian Prairies Chapter of HIMSS. The Canadian Prairies Chapter proudly serves the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. This is the second HIMSS Chapter in Canada, following the Ontario Chapter.

Chapter members: to select the Canadian Prairies Chapter as your HIMSS chapter of choice, go to himss.org, log in to “My Account,” go to “My Involvement,” and select “Change Complimentary Chapter.”

The Canadian Prairies Provinces Chapter’s founding members look forward to increasing engagement in their region and working collaboratively with the Ontario Chapter. For more information on how to get involved, go to canadianprairies.himsschapter.org or email canadianprairies.info@himsschapter.org.

Share your thoughts on the 2019 HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey. Instituted as an annual cybersecurity survey in 2015, the HIMSS Cybersecurity Survey gauges the perceptions and practices of healthcare organizations on a number of cybersecurity topics facing the health sector. The survey link will be open through Dec. 13.
Why Participate?

• Gain insight into how your organization’s cybersecurity program compares to your peers
• Understand what healthcare providers and third party vendors are doing to safeguard health information
• Learn about the opportunities to improve healthcare cybersecurity

Get the details and take the survey here.

Artificial intelligence is no longer something only dreamt about in sci-fi fantasies. Today we’re applying artificial intelligence and machine-based learning to the real world of healthcare. Hear from fellow healthcare professionals on how we can continue moving the needle forward.

• AI and Machine-Based Learning in Healthcare: Beyond the Buzzwords
• AI and Nursing Impact on the Quadruple Aim
• Five Unique Ways AI is Being Used to Promote Health

Help us understand your 2019 staffing and technology priorities by taking the HIMSS Leadership and Workforce Survey. HIMSS is looking to uncover trends and gain valuable insight into the rapidly changing market for healthcare information and technology professionals. We’d like your expertise on staffing needs as well as any issues driving your organization’s efforts in the coming year. Survey participants can enter to win a $100 Amazon gift card. The deadline to take the survey is Dec. 13.
Take the survey.

U.S. Midterm Elections Debrief: HIMSS Focused on Education & Bipartisanship: The results of the 2018 U.S. midterm elections are in, and the winds of change are blowing as the United States approaches what could be a significant shift from ‘business as usual’ over recent years. Learn more in this debrief from Sam Burch, senior director of congressional affairs at HIMSS.

Summary of 2019 Physician Fee Schedule from HIMSS: Get insights on CMS's efforts to address provider burden and deliver clinicians relief from documentation requirements tied to dated billing practices.

Weekly #GovHIT Updates: U.S. State and Local Health IT News: Explore some of the latest updates in #GovHIT, this week from the HIMSS State & Local Affairs team at HIMSS.

Check your email for an important election message from HIMSS! There’s just over a week left to cast your vote for the HIMSS North America (HNA) Nominating Committee. Available for two-year terms, HNA Nominating Committee members are responsible for soliciting and interviewing eligible candidates to serve on the HIMSS North America Board of Directors.
Additionally, HIMSS is proposing changes to our Bylaws. You may view the proposed changes, and cast your vote, on the election website. Your vote is important in this mission-critical process. Voting is open until Nov. 15. Learn more about the candidates.

We’re calling all champions of health – those of us committed to improve health and well-being – to unite at HIMSS19 to reimagine health and meet the revolution head-on.

Explore more HIMSS19 news and updates below, and start planning your global conference experience! Register today and get an early-bird discount.

• What Makes a Champion of Health?
• Interoperability: The Foundation of Impactful Health Innovation
• Transformational Care: What Does it Take?
• The Consumerization of Health

In the latest episode of STEPS To Value, “The Value of Engaging Pediatric Patients in Design Thinking,” Gokul Krishnan, director of Maker Therapy at WestEd, explains how Lucile Packard Hospital has created maker spaces to improve the mental well-being of chronically ill children and their families while they spend time in the hospital.