Corporate Member News
4/3/2009 - More than 70 clinical information systems from 72 different technology companies and organizations will demonstrate how their products communicate and interact with each other in the Interoperability Showcase at the 2009 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference & Exhibition, April 4 – 8 in Chicago.
2/19/2010 - Government Relations Activities at HIMSS10
2/11/2010 - H.R. 3987, to amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to promote the use of health IT to better coordinate healthcare, was introduced by U.S. Representative Roy Blunt (R-MO) on November 3, 2009 and is co-sponsored by Joe Barton (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), and Phil Gingrey (R-GA).
2/9/2010 - In 2009, during the First Session of the 111th Congress, more progress was made to advance the transformation of patient-centric healthcare using information technology (IT) than in any previous year. Through passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Congress took significant steps in establishing leadership for national health IT initiatives and providing funding to bolster the electronic exchange of health information.
2/1/2010 - The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) is pleased to announce that it has approved the following specifications at its July 8, 2009, panel meeting in Arlington, Virginia.
1/26/2010 - The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics is an annual nationally representative survey of patient visits to office-based physicians that collects information on use of EMR/EHR.
11/9/2009 - The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system has been a pioneer in the use of computerized patient records. In the 30 years since the development of Veterans Health Information System Technology Architecture (VistA) system, award-winning innovations have included the use of bar code scanning for patient identification and medication delivery, VistA Imaging for radiologic images and the computerized patient record system (CPRS).
5/20/2009 - The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released to Congress an operating plan for implementing provisions of the HITECH Act within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
