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WELCOME TO HIMSS ONLINE PRESS ROOM
Welcome to the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's (HIMSS) Online Press Room. HIMSS is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., Brussels, Singapore, and other locations across the United States and the globe, HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and over 350 corporate members that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to ensuring quality patient care.
Press.HIMSS.org is offered to accredited members of the media for FREE to enhance their coverage of healthcare information technology. However, members of the media must REGISTER. Information in your profile is for use by HIMSS Public Relations Department only. As a member of the media, you will create your own "My Profile", and will have the ability to update and change important information at any time. Special features include the ability to select e-mail notification options and access to the "Briefcase" feature, which is a personal storage area for items of interest to you. If you require immediate assistance, please e-mail Joyce Lofstrom.
Press.HIMSS.org features news releases, press kits, a schedule of events, pictures, videos, RSS feeds, HIMSS News, resources, tools, links to HIMSS international offices, and important contact information.
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Understanding and Rating the Usability of the Electronic Medical Record
A new white paper, Defining and Testing EMR Usability: Principles and Proposed Methods of EMR Usability Evaluation and Rating, identifies usability of clinical software systems for the electronic medical record as “one of the major factors, and possibly the most important factor hindering wide-spread adoption of EMRs.”
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Understand ARRA Spending Allocations with HIMSS Analytics™ Market Intelligence
With more than $19 billion available for US hospitals and ambulatory clinics to implement the electronic medical record, HIMSS Analytics cuts through the information clutter to clarify which technology applications are expected to receive more funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act with its Essentials of the US Hospital IT Market – 4th Edition. Captured from the HIMSS Analytics Database™, this data covers more than 5,100 hospitals and 32,000 medical facilities in the United States.
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HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo Just 8 Days Away
Free to qualified registrants,* the HIMSS Virtual Conference 18-session educational program includes opening and closing keynote sessions; two educational tracks, Health Policy and the New Administration and Transforming Healthcare Through Practice; and exclusive sessions on how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 will impact the health IT industry.
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Move Ahead to ‘Meaningful Use’ of EMR With New Guide for Clinical Decision Support
In a collaborative effort focused on driving improvements in medication use and improved outcomes with CDS, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), with five co-publishers, introduces Improving Medication Use and Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: A Step-by-Step Guide. Co-publishers include Scottsdale Institute, American Medical Informatics Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Institute for Safe Medication Practices and the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems.
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Drive Healthcare Transformation…Attend Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition
New policies, people and programs highlight the administration’s current emphasis on healthcare transformation and the focus of the upcoming 2009 Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition. With the theme of Healthcare Transformation through Government Health IT, this conference, now presented by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, returns to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on June 4-5 in Washington, DC.
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HIMSS09 Final Registration Figures Announced
Final registration figures for the 2009 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition, as reported from an independent registrar, were announced.
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Healthcare IT Continues to Grow, Despite Economy
Implementing clinical systems–including an electronic medical record (EMR) and computerized provider order entry systems (CPOE)–was cited as the top priority for health IT professionals who responded to the 20th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey.
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