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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, and other locations across the United States and Europe, HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and over 300 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.
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HIMSS Applauds Announcement of Former Senator Daschle as Secretary for Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 20, 2008) – The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a membership society of more than 20,000 healthcare IT and management systems professionals, and trade association with over 350 corporations, applauds the nomination of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HIMSS believes Senator Daschle understands critical healthcare issues and how IT can be leveraged to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of care.
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Health Information Technology Execution Without Planning is Futile
CHICAGO (Nov. 12, 2008) - Focused on effective planning practices for IT, George T. Hickman, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, and Detlev H. (Herb) Smaltz, PhD, FHIMSS, FACHE, share their experience and expertise in The Healthcare Information Technology Planning Fieldbook, recently published by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
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TIGER Initiative Presents and Exhibits at Virtual Conference & Expo
CHICAGO, IL (Nov. 10, 2008) –Leaders of the TIGER Initiative will host both an educational session and exhibit booth at the HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo on Nov. 19-20 to answer the demand for convenient, online learning. Like face-to-face conferences, HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo boasts high-quality education, interactive exhibits with demonstrations, and boundless live networking opportunities with industry colleagues, exhibitors and speakers – all with the ease of sitting at your own computer.
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Cisco Community for Connected Health Signs 2,000th Member
CHICAGO (Oct. 31, 2008) –The Community for Connected Health, a HIMSS / Cisco community of interest, announced an historic growth milestone with the addition of its 2,000th new member. Ms. Beci Roorback, a clinical application analyst at High Point Regional Health System in High Point, N.C became the 2000th member of the Community for Connected Health, a forum developed to help hospitals use information technology to drive better healthcare.
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Continua and IHE Collaborate to Strengthen Outreach and Message
CHICAGO (October 29, 2008) – Collaborating to improve the delivery of healthcare, the Continua Health Alliance (Continua) and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise International (IHE) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) to enable and promote interoperability of healthcare devices. Both Continua and IHE recognize the need for and benefit of connecting medical and patient care devices with the healthcare system, a synergy that supports the joint educational and marketing efforts between the organizations.
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Electronic Medical Records: Slow but Steady Growth in Ambulatory Care
CHICAGO (Oct. 29, 2008) – Market growth of electronic medical record implementations in ambulatory healthcare settings, such as private medical practices or specialty clinics, continues at a slow but steady pace, according to results from the Ambulatory Healthcare IT Survey, conducted by the Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS) and HIMSS Analytics. The 2008 survey collected information about key technology use in the ambulatory market, such as EMRs and e-prescribing.
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Neuberger Points to the Lessons Telemedicine Offers Health IT Policy
WASHINGTON, DC (Oct. 24, 2008) – The Institute for e-Health Policy Executive Director Neal Neuberger, presenting on a panel regarding technological advances in healthcare and telemedicine today at the National Press Club along with Robert Litan, author of Vital Signs via Broadband: Remote Health Monitoring Transmits Savings, Enhances Lives, made the following statement.
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Reviewing the Impact of Medical Device Data on Patient Care
CHICAGO (Oct. 8, 2008) – To evaluate patient safety and quality care benefits of medical devices that share data with EMRs, HIMSS Analytics and the American College of Clinical Engineering have agreed to jointly conduct an ongoing research study of medical devices in American hospitals. As part of this research process, HIMSS Analytics will be creating benchmark reports for hospitals that complete the survey so that these organizations can more clearly compare their operations to peer hospitals. This information can be used to review and defend allocations for both operating and capital budgets for the clinical engineering/biomedical operations.
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