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.
Intermountain Healthcare: Infectious Diseases Telehealth and Tele-Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
A case study looking at Intermountain Healthcare's work with infection diseases and worldwide antibiotic use.
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...
Enhanced Telemedicine in a Mobile Integrated Health Program to Improve Healthcare Access During COVID-19 Pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, primary care and specialist visits declined. During the pandemic, Baltimore City Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) continued with targeted home visits among complex patients to help reduce hospital readmission rates. Many provider offices and specialists were close...
Improving Electronic Patient Portal Use in Groups with Low Utilization at a Family Medicine Practice
Electronic patient portals benefit health outcomes; yet, they are underutilized in certain patient sub-populations including adolescents, adults over age 65, racial/ethnic minorities, and non-English-speaking patients.
Bold New Digital Health Technology Inspires Youth Toward a Bold New Future
A look at two cases that illustrate bold uses of technology to improve nutritional health and expand access to surgical care.
Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute Opioid Use Disorder Patient Tracking
Davies Award of Excellence Case Study for "Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute Opioid Use Disorder Patient Tracking" by Cleveland Clinic.
Redesigning Care Models for the Future of Population Health
The HIMSS Physician Committee asked a handful of healthcare leaders questions about the future of population health.
Industry Perspectives: Public Health Data
The final installment of our Industry Perspective Series focuses on public health data and the trust, or lack thereof, that is necessary for continued innovation in this space.