Pandemic Forces Call for Innovative Approaches for the Healthcare Workforce
A look at the way the pandemic has shaped changes in the Healthcare workforce.
Industry Perspectives: Value-Based Care
We asked thought leaders in the healthcare world to share their insights around value-based care.
Intelligence and New Trends Revealed in 2022 Future of Healthcare Report
The 2022 Future of Healthcare study conducted by HIMSS and its Trust Partners asked patients, providers, payers and health system leaders in five countries about the shifts, advancements and priorities shaping care delivery.
2022 Clinical Workflow Flexibility Challenges in the EHR: Defining the Problem (Part Three)
Part three of the 2022 Clinical Workflow Flexibility Challenges in the EHR series.
Why Modernizing Healthcare IT and Data Center Architecture is Critical to Success
Listen to a discussion on “Why Modernizing Healthcare IT and Data Center Architecture is Critical to Success,” brought to you by the HIMSS New York Chapter.
Social Media Mis- and Dis-Information
Here from the Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform (T.I.G.E.R.) looks at how social media can be a barrier to public health intervention delivery and acceptance.
Medical Device Cybersecurity Hinges on Far More Than Identifying Risks
A detailed look from TRIMEDX at why cybersecurity protocols alone should not guide decision making and how hospitals should address the exposed vulnerabilities of medical devices.
Non-Obvious Ways Medical Data Is Hard: Blood Pressure
A brief overview of the history of blood pressure and the medical devices used to measure it.
Celebrating Global Health Equity Week
Each year we celebrate Global Health Equity Week, an initiative focused on demonstrating the impact of health information and technology to transform health and eliminate health disparities.
Success and Challenges of Telemedicine in the Care of Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 surge and shutdown of New York City from March 2020 through May 2020, we transitioned to telemedicine to provide routine and urgent care to our pediatric heart transplant patients. The effectiveness of telemedicine in this population has not been described.
Social Media Utilization in Undergraduate Nursing Education: An Integrative Literature Review
Social media use has been proposed as a resource for learning in education across disciplines. The potential of social media use in nursing education programs has been highlighted since they can enhance students’ competency in the use of health information technology applications and meet the l...
Speech Recognition Technology for Increasing Nursing Documentation Efficiency
Speech Recognition Technology (SRT) has increased in prevalence as a solution for providers to improve their documentation efficiency. Because nursing documentation consists primarily of discrete data entry into flowsheets, SRT has not been widely implemented for nurses (Blackley et al., 2019). N...