HIMSS24 Europe in Rome Makes Global Headlines
The 2024 HIMSS European Health Conference and Exhibition was a landmark event for the European digital health community, bringing together nearly 2,500 healthcare executives, practitioners and professionals from 84 different countries at the iconic Centro Congressi La Nuvola in Rome.
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Member Spotlight: Danny Lee, MD, FACP Chief Medical Information Officer at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Second-Year HIMSS Physician Committee Member
Dr. Lee has contributed to pieces on physician burden reduction, interprofessional collaboration, and AI while serving on the HIMSS Physician Committee.
Member Spotlight: Reza Ryan Sadeghian, MD, MBA, MSc, CPE, CPHIMSS, CHCIO, CDH-E, CHISL, FAAP, FHIMSS; Principal Healthcare Strategist at MITConn Consulting, Second-Year HIMSS Physician Committee Member
Dr. Sadeghian has contributed to pieces on AI, digital health platforms, and user experience in his year and a half on the HIMSS Physician Committee.
HIMSS Calls for Significant Investment for Public Health Data Modernization in Annual IPPS Response
HIMSS has reiterated its call for significant investment in public health information data modernization and interoperability capability.
HIMSS submitted its call to action through public comments responding to a request for information (RFI) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid S...
Healthcare Students Practice Advocacy with HIMSS Government Relations Team During D.C. Trip Hosted by Arizona Chapter
The HIMSS Arizona Chapter recently hosted a cohort of students studying healthcare at Bryan University on a trip to Washington, D.C., for an inside look at policy and advocacy.
The students visited the HIMSS office in Virginia to learn about some of the current public policy priorities...
Cut Through the Hype at the 2024 HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum
Healthcare and technology professionals will gather for two days of thought-provoking panels, visionary keynotes, expert-led education sessions, interactive networking, live solution demos, real-world case studies and more at the 2024 HIMSS AI in Healthcare Forum, Sept. 5-6 in Boston. ...
HIMSS Signs Letter Supporting ONC’s Mission to Promote the Adoption of Health IT
President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025) proposed budget for the U.S. Health and Hyman Services (HHS) included $86 million for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), an increase of $17 million above the FY2024 enacted level.
As Congress...
APAC Healthcare Professionals Invited to Complete EMR Experience Survey
HIMSS is seeking insights from healthcare professionals who work with Electronic Medical Records at healthcare provider organizations in the Asia-Pacific region for a survey about the challenges associated with EMR use and how value is measured.
The first 200 qualified participants to c...
HIMSS Recommends ONC Ensure True Health Equity by Design
HIMSS has delivered recommendations to the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for how diverse and underserved communities can be more preemptively engaged in the design, development and validation of health IT tools and systems.
HIMSS Cybersecurity Expert Lee Kim Running for ISC2 Board of Directors
Lee Kim, HIMSS Senior Principal of Cybersecurity and Privacy, is running for the Board of Directors of ISC2, the world’s leading member association for cybersecurity professionals.
HHS Releases Final Rule Establishing Provider Disincentives for Information Blocking
On June 24, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a final rule establishing financial disincentives for healthcare providers found to have committed information blocking.
In a corresponding press statement, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra stated, “this final ru...
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Achieves AMAM Stage 6 Validation
The Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has become the first institution in the UK and Europe to receive Stage 6 validation on the HIMSS Adoption Model for Analytics Maturity or “AMAM.”