HIMSS Press Room: Featured Stories

Vice President, Market Research

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

HIMSS Honors Three Clinicians with 2011 IT Leadership Awards

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:00 EST

HIMSS announces the recipients of its clinician IT leadership awards: Carol Bickford, PhD, RN-BC, CPHIMS, and Kathleen Smith,  MScEd, RN-BC, FHIMSS, with the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Leadership Award and Russell Leftwich, MD, FAAAAI, FCCP,  with the HIMSS Physician IT Leadership Award.

HIMSS G7 Report Offers Insights on Five Areas of Risk for ICD-10 Conversion

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:00 EST

With the ICD-10 conversion deadline of October 1, 2013, healthcare providers must address areas of risk involved in planning and implementing ICD-10 to avoid catastrophic consequences, according to the new HIMSS G7 report, ICD-10 Transformation:  Five Critical Risk Mitigation Strategies. This is the second G7 advisory report focused on ICD-10, with the first issued in spring 2011: HIMSS G7 Advisory Report:  ICD-10 PlayBook.

 

Ending the Paper Chase in Healthcare Billing

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

In this era of quality and patient-focused healthcare, digital technology represents the future of hospital financial management to help healthcare financial officers and their revenue cycle staff impact the bottom line.  This same technology simplifies financial transactions for everyone involved in paying a medical bill – from the patient to the payers. They are looking for better ways to use the limited resources that they have.

Rick Schooler Named CHIME-HIMSS 2011 John E. Gall, Jr. CIO of the Year

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Rick Schooler, FCHIME, has been selected as the recipient of the 2011 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award. Schooler is Chief Information Officer and Vice President at Orlando Health, an integrated delivery system with a variety of healthcare providers in central Florida. Schooler will receive the award at the 2012 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas on Feb. 23, 2012.

HIMSS Analytics Honors Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center with Stage 7 Award

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

HIMSS Analytics announced that Moanalua Medical Center, a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, has received its Stage 7 Award. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model? (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.

HIMSS Announces 2011 Award and Scholarship Recipients

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Recognizing outstanding contributions to HIMSS and the healthcare industry, HIMSS named its 2011 award and scholarship recipients. The HIMSS Foundation and four HIMSS chapters provided nine scholarships to students enrolled in health IT and management systems degree programs.  

Two Nurses Recognized as Emerging Leaders in Informatics

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

The Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI) selected two individuals to participate in an exclusive two-year program designed to develop professionals capable of assuming national leadership positions in

informatics-related organizations.  Based on competitive criteria, Sarah A. Collins, RN, PhD, and Audrey L. Hirsch, RN, MS, have been tapped to participate in the Nursing Informatics Emerging Leaders Program.

ANI and the Nursing Informatics Emerging Leaders Program are jointly supported by the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

Interact with Industry Leaders in Health IT Interoperability

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:00:00 EST

The annualIHE North America Connectathon 2012 continues to show substantial year-to-year growth as the importance of systems interoperability in health information technology becomes more evident. As part of the Connectathon, IHE USA will sponsor a one-day conference presenting a preeminent team of interoperability, information standards and health information exchange experts.

Improving Patient Care with Med Rec, Clinical Analytics and More

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST

The value of health information technology can be best highlighted by looking at its use, and resulting outcomes, in real-life situations.  Consider the following three examples from new case studies in the Stories of Success! program from HIMSS and co-sponsors American Society for Quality (ASQ), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF).

 