How Data-Driven Insights Can Empower Community Health
Children’s Hospital Colorado recently embarked on a journey using the HIMSS Analytics Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity to support their work in obtaining data-driven insights to inform strategies focused on improving community health.
How Maintaining Patient Focus Improves Outcomes
Lafayette General Health was in search of a patient engagement solution to improve follow-up communications and reduce unnecessary patient visits. Discover what they implemented and what they accomplished.
How One Hospital Reduced Pediatric Emergency Transfers
In this Stage 7 success story, we explore how Arkansas Children's Hospital observed a sustained decreased in pediatric emergency transfers through the implementation of a new Watcher program.
How Telemedicine is Improving Care Coordination
As consumerism in healthcare changes how care is delivered, measured and maintained, health systems are being forced to adapt quickly.
Process Improvement in Stroke Patient Care
By combining technology, process improvement and clinical decision support tools, the Metro Health stroke care team is now able to prepare for patients before they arrive in the ED, improving communication and patient outcomes.
St. Stephen’s Hospital: From EMR Implementation to Digital Integration
2019 Davies Award winner St. Stephen’s Hospital of Hervey Bay, Australia is also the first HIMSS Analytics Stage 7 validated hospital in Australia. Read about how they innovated for improvement.
Streamlining Transitional Care Management Workflows
In this Stage 7 success story, we explore how Jefferson Health worked to improve transitional care management in a complex medical environment to keep patients well throughout their inpatient to outpatient journey.
Stroke Care Enhanced Through Bedside Robotics
Riverside Medical Center of Louisiana reached Stage 7 after recognizing the promise of digital health innovations for improved stroke outcomes.
Collaborating to Improve Immunization Data Sharing to Ensure Healthy Communities
Gathering and sharing accurate information on who has or has not been immunized and where the vaccine stockpiles may be located are important components of the public health strategy to overcome disease.
Meet the HIMSS18 Veterans Career Services Scholarship Recipients
The HIMSS Veterans Career Services (VCS) Initiative, sponsored by HIMSS Chapters, welcomes transitioning military veterans into the health information and technology field.
A Patient’s Guide to Telemedicine: What to Do When Your Doctor Calls or Video-Chats with You
Telehealth visits are quickly becoming a mainstay of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many health systems encourage patients to shift to telehealth as a first choice to discuss possible symptoms, rather than going to the hospital emergency room.
Analysis: CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Regulation
Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals will be required to send electronic patient event notifications of a patient’s admission, discharge and/or transfer to another healthcare facility or to another community practitioner as one of their Conditions of Participation for the Medicare and M...