In a recent blog post, Steve Wretling, HIMSS Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, shared an overview of HIMSS recent updates to our definition of interoperability. This definition is currently open for public comment to give the health IT community the opportunity to provide feedback to ensure that the new definition is comprehensive, and more importantly, relevant, to all within the ecosystem. Feedback is requested by March 30. | Share your feedback and find out more about interoperability from HIMSS

HIMSS is excited to partner with Abbott and leading healthcare organizations to launch the UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence award program. This annual award will recognize interdisciplinary care teams around the world who have achieved measurable, innovative impact within the healthcare system. The program’s greater mission is to inspire continued solutions within healthcare that will positively affect patients, clinicians, payors and health systems globally. The award application is live here and will close March 31 | Celebrate your organization’s success and apply today

“Continuing professional development is a  key component to an employee’s success; ALL employees, regardless of time, tenure or position in an organization. And, it differs from training and education, an important distinction.” Mara Daiker, director, professional development, HIMSS, shares nine major benefits of participating in continuing professional development. | Explore the benefits of continuing professional development

“My vision was to create a resource to articulate what I believed was important to industry professionals globally,” said Klinedinst. “Learning is a lifelong responsibility.  Networking and engagement are so important as well. And HIMSS, as a trusted source, can certainly help with this.” | Read about the value of education at all levels

Healthcare is undergoing reformation on an unmatched scope and scale. At HIMSS, we believe it is our responsibility to help the industry make sense of this change and tap into the promise and potential of information and technology to transform health. Our just released 2019 Healthcare Trends Forecast examines some of the biggest topics impacting healthcare. | Explore expert insights from HIMSS on the top 2019 trends

Our guest blogger dives into CMS Deputy Administrator Adam Boehler's "Four Ps" for driving value-based transformation in healthcare and what it means for health IT leaders. | Read more on healthcare transformation

Our Exploring CRM Technology for Healthcare Task Force shares the results of their survey to assess the current state of CRM in healthcare and attitudes towards CRM in the industry. | Explore survey insights

(VIDEO) Dr. John Halamka and Dr. Stanley Shaw have a vision for empowering health leaders to leverage health IT and data to improve the healthcare experience for everyone | Watch the video | Read more from Dr. Stanley Shaw

In this blog post, two leaders at the intersection of health, technology and underserved communities discuss how they see potential to create tech solutions for health issues facing California’s Latinx youth from immigrant families and across the nation. | Learn more | Join the developer’s challenge by April 26  to make a difference in the lives of Latinx youth

HIMSS, along with the Association of Public Health Laboratories, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, and NAPHSIS recently launched a campaign,  Data: Elemental to Health. The campaign aims to secure $1 billion over 10 years ($100 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2020) in a new appropriation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). | Read more about the innovative initiative

Tools exist to engage patients with their data in ways that create a good relationship with providers — when the technology doesn't get in the way, says Joyce Sensmeier, vice president of informatics at HIMSS. | Watch the clip

Each day, the amount of data in the world increases by 2.5 quintillion bytes. 90% of all the data created the world over has been produced in the last two years.  Undoubtedly, there is no shortage of data available to us. How can we can harness it in a way where insights can transform outcomes? This STEPS to Value podcast explores this topic, featuring Jessica Kahn, MPH, senior expert, Public Sector Healthcare IT and Data and Most Influential Women in Health IT award recipient. | Download the podcast | Tune in for more insights during the next #WomeninHIT webinar

In an effort to transform workflows through digital health innovations, Akron Children’s Hospital knew identifying areas that could provide the most impact through information and technology was key. So they convened a multidisciplinary team to launch an initiative aimed at optimizing pediatric intensive care unit. | Read the HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 Success Story

What does it take to maintain relevant, up-to-date educational curricula for health informatics students? Leaders of the HIMSS TIGER initiative share how they worked collaboratively to describe and validate a health informatics framework. | How the HIMSS TIGER initiative is empowering informatics globally

Interoperability will create the intersection for blockchain in healthcare. The HIMSS Blockchain in Healthcare Task Force explains how. | Explore insights on blockchain innovation

Are we collecting the right kind of information that actually reflects clinical status and are they meaningful measures of response? How do you accomplish this without placing additional burdens on providers? A physician and healthcare business consultant shares his insights. | Explore the future of healthcare data

In a field that changes as often as information and technology in healthcare, having an up-to-date skill set is vital for continued success. Hear from subject matter experts on how the right education, tools, resources and experiences can make a difference in your career. 

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The HIMSS Career Services team has been busy scheduling some great webinars for our Early Careerists webinar series. This series is intended to give you the tools you need to grow your expertise in the exciting field of healthcare information and technology. Below are the webinars we have scheduled for April. For a full listing of webinars and for registration information, visit our Early Careerists Community page.

The Big Red Consulting Team from Cornell University’s Sloan Program in Health Administration has analyzed and proposed a hypothetical analysis of sustainable models of growth for the population management tactics to reduce patient readmission rates by focusing on workflow, information technology, and community and hospital advocacy in both rural and metropolitan facilities. This presentation has been based on the analysis of a HIMSS supplied population health case study from 2015.

This webinar will focus on describing five different categories of population health measures that are creating incentives to move healthcare upstream in the current value-based health care environment.

If you’ve been recently displaced or having been searching for some time, conducting your search should remain the same every day! Relentless and tiring!

HIMSS is offering an Introduction to Health Care Data Analytics course. Course begins Monday, April 1 and coursework must be completed by Saturday, June 8.

• Enhance your career with in-demand skills.
• Earn 20 CEs upon course completion.
• Online, self-paced, approximately 25 hours.
• Optional interaction with HIMSS facilitators and other participants through discussion forum.
• Complete on your own schedule between April 1 and June 8.

Learn more and register here. | Registration is limited to the first 200 registrants.

Have you guided your team to successfully implement change? We are inviting Change Management experts in the Healthcare field to join the HIMSS Customer Relationship (CRM) Technology for Healthcare Task force. Help educate the HIMSS Community on how to manage the inevitable change that projects bring to your organization. | Email interop@himss.org to get involved

Join us for our HIMSS Quarterly Spring Interoperability & HIE Community Roundtable! We will be joined by members of the HIMSS Blockchain for Healthcare Task Force discussing their new resource library as well as representative from AIRA and HIMSS discussing their new joint venture to improve interoperability immunization data. | Learn more

Get inspired by the recipients of the HIMSS’s Most Influential Women in Health IT Award. This panel of distinguished women will share their journeys of transformational change and innovation in the health sector. They have shown that one can be influential at any career stage and across the healthcare trajectory, from care delivery, to informatics, to business.

• Understand how these leaders solve problems, share ideas, and engage with their community
• Explore how they transformed from mentees to mentors and leaders in the field
• Examine the improvements the panelists made to interoperability, care delivery, and health information technology education

Latinx youth in the U.S. are disproportionately affected by obesity, diabetes and asthma. While healthcare strives to improve these outcomes, social determinants of health are even stronger influences on health disparities. HIMSS and Children's Hospital Los Angeles are seeking solutions to help solve this national health inequity.

We invite you and your team to address these important issues by submitting innovative solutions that:   

• Are rooted in authentic understanding of and experience in local settings
• Bridge the gaps between community members and products, services, information, institutions and/or groups that could improve Latinx adolescent and young adult health outcomes
• Are forward-thinking, leveraging upcoming and future technology trends

Solutions will be accepted until April 26 and finalists will be announced May 5 | Submit your solution

As the Patient Experience: Empathy + Innovation Summit moves into its 10th year, Cleveland Clinic and HIMSS are proud to announce a new partnership around this annual summit, scheduled Monday, May 13 – Wednesday, May 15. The theme, ‘Looking Back, Leaping Forward’ will explore the evolution of the patient experience movement, examining how influencers from the past decade will incite innovations in the future of care. Convening an audience of leading physicians, executives and caregivers, the 10th anniversary sets the stage for the new partnership to provide an enhanced focus on how healthcare is extending empathy in an increasingly digital environment.| Learn more

The healthcare and financial services industries are undergoing dramatic digital transformations impacting nearly every aspect of operations. This year, Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) is bringing together the healthcare and finance industries for the first of its kind Connectathon - Healthcare vs. Finance Throwdown. Join us at the MotorCity Casino Hotel in Detroit, Michigan on for this hands-on event Thursday, May 30- Friday, May 31. | Learn more

It's here and it's now. The influence of machine learning and artificial Intelligence is being felt throughout healthcare. Whether through clinical use, payments, staffing and more; it has the power to revitalize the industry. While we see hurdles in the adoption of these tools, clinical workflows within healthcare are embracing the challenge. Join us at the HIMSS Machine Learning & AI for Healthcare Summit and learn how others have moved these tools beyond the hype and into real-world applications for improving care | Register with code INSIDER to save $200

HIMSS is unveiling a new educational experience for healthcare leaders across the world. Designed, administered, and delivered by Harvard Medical School,  Data, Insights and Strategies for the Health Enterprise will launch Wednesday, June 19 – Friday, June 21 in Boston, MA. Participants will receive career-enhancing instruction from globally recognized experts to help their organization achieve new levels of success through health information and technology. | Learn more.

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