Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek Healthcare
“The development of policies and programs that will improve a nurse’s ability to better integrate informatics solutions into clinical care encounters should be endorsed by government agencies, academic organizations, health IT vendors, and other healthcare stakeholders, according to a position statement recently published by the Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS).
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Joyce Sensmeier, HIMSS Blog
“This is a landmark week for HIMSS and the Nursing Informatics Community. HIMSS’ Board of Directors has recently approved its first HIMSS Position Statement focused on nursing practice.
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Joseph Goedert, HDM Breaking News
“Members of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association, a vendor trade group, have developed a white paper that lays out a framework for health information exchange by connecting EHRs more rapidly.
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Mike, eHealth Musings
“When asked about social media many people will mention Twitter or Facebook or even LinkedIn. Mentioned less often is Wikis, a technology that allows multiple people to contribute to developing on-line information resources. According an article in Healthcare IT News, HIMSS has launched a CPOE wiki “with the goal of bringing data, documents and guidelines on meeting and exceeding meaningful use in one location”.
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Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News
“bIn testimony Sept. 30 before a congressional committee, Joyce Sensmeier, vice president, informatics for HIMSS, called for more streamlined and timely health information technology standards – and warned that without them the government risks creating marketplace confusion.
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Joseph Goedert, HDM Breaking News
“Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft HealthVault and Chicago-based HIMSS Analytics have set up shop in Europe.
Microsoft has established UK HealthVault with corporate sibling MSN and sponsorship from Nuffield Health, a network of 30 private hospitals and 50 fitness centers.
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Mike Miliard, Healthcare IT News
“The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has announced the formation of HIMSS Analytics Europe (HAE), a German-based company that will provide healthcare organizations, governments and information technology companies extensive data resources and services about the adoption and use of healthcare information technology in Europe.
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CMIO
“Lately, healthcare reform and health IT has been a “high-priority legislative issue,” and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) believes that healthcare reform can be enabled by leveraging health IT, explained David W. Roberts, MPA, vice president of HIMSS Government Relations, during a legislative update session of the HIMSS virtual conference on June 9.
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Kyle Hardy, Healthcare IT News
‘EMR adoption is “Not so much about the technology as it is the culture,” according to Jim Deren, healthcare IT planning specialist for CareTech Solutions. In the upcoming HIMSS Virtual Conference and Expo, being held June 9-10, Deren will join Heidi Blizzard, EMR/CPOE project manager for Mich.-based Crittenton Hospital, in a session on hospital EMR adoption Dos and Don’ts.
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Health Train Express
“According to the HIMSS Analytics report, 30% to 40% of U.S. hospitals could be at risk financially and operationally for not meeting the meaningful use criteria.
Meanwhile, more than 50% of independent clinics in the U.S. are at risk for not meeting meaningful use criteria.
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mcg, Hospital Digital
“Buen artículo de Joan Marques en su blog donde comenta las acciones que se están llevando a cabo por parte de HIMSS para traer el potente servicio HIMSS Analytics a Europa.
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Sarah Bruce, e-Health Europe
“The president of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has told E-Health Europe that HIMSS Analytics has finally moved into Europe.
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Healthcare IT News
Catch all the buzz from HIMSS10 with our Twitter tracking page.
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Molly Merrill, Healthcare IT News
“HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model is gaining interest internationally, according to Dave Garets, the company’s CEO and president.
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Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet Healthcare
“Some reporters said that the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) reacted “kindly” to last week’s release of meaningful use regulations, but a close look at its statement indicates a more passive-aggressive tone.
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Dana Blankenhorn, SmartPlanet
“Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are the trend of the day.
Starting with its stimulus package, the Obama Administration has been pushing EHRs as the solution to all that ails health care.
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ARRA Consultants Blog
“The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s EHR Association is made up of nearly 50 companies supplying electronic health records nationwide.
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Alan Goforth, Kansas City Star
“With or without health care reform this year, electronic medical records are picking up steam.
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RedOrbit
“The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association) responded with enthusiasm to the announcement on August 20 of the availability of grants totaling nearly $1.2 billion to help hospitals and health care providers successfully install and use electronic health records (EHRs)
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HealthTech Wire
“Many organizations struggle to successfully deploy clinical decision support (CDS), a goal that takes on new importance since effective clinical decision support is a critical component of ‘meaningful EMR use,’ as required for stimulus funding under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
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