Digital Connected Care: Convergence & Evolution of Workflows
Clinicians must guide system developers on how to support specific clinical applications with evidence of improved outcomes for the patient and care team.
Finland: Europe’s Digital Health Epicentre
Some countries, including Finland - the focus of this HIMSS Insights issue - have already developed their national processes to move forward on this front. Recent studies by the Open Data Institute and OECD ranked Finland in top position, suggesting that change is succeeding.
Challenges and Opportunities of Using the National Electronic Health Record from the Perspective of Iranian Nursing Staff
EHRs are being implemented into healthcare systems around the world. In Iran, an integrated national health information system – SIB System (NEHR) was implemented in 2015. This research aimed to study Iranian nurses’ attitudes about challenges and opportunities in the utilization of this syst...
Cell Phones and Your Health
This is an editorial discussing a personal experience with technology and health related applications and was previously submitted as a graduate student assignment.
Associated Factors with Electronic Personal Health Records Use among Older Cancer Survivors: An Application of Anderson’s Behavioral Model of Health Services Use to eHealth Services
Electronic personal health records (ePHRs) are commonly viewed as potential tools to improve clinical outcomes through increasing patients’ ability to self-manage healthcare. Older cancer survivors could be benefited from using ePHRs for their supportive care. This study aims to examine factors...
Using a "think-aloud" process to aid co-design in development of a medicine information needs assessment tool
This paper describes one part of a multi-stage project aiming to develop a new tool to assist nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to better meet the medicine information needs of consumers.
Development and use of a clinical-community nursing information system in a Bachelor's degree program
The purposes of this study were, first, to describe the development and implementation of a Clinical-Community Nursing Practice Information System (SIPCE) based upon standardized languages from the International Nursing Diagnostic Association of North America (NANDA-I), the Nursing Intervention C...
Targeted Efforts Towards Advancing Adoption of a Unique Nurse Identifier
Proof of concept (POC) pilots demonstrate nursing's powerful impact in clinical practice scenarios. Initial POCs follow advanced practice nurses' journey through education, career changes, advancing education, obtaining certifications, and measuring nursing outcomes to improve practice in all set...
Reimagine Health: Creating space for Nursing Informatics in the Vision
The theme for this year’s HIMSS22 coming up on March 14 – 18 in Orlando, Florida and online is “Reimagine Health”. In an interview done for Healthcare Finance, HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf explained why this theme was selected. “HIMSS looked at what has fundamentally changed," said CEO Hal Wolf....
Taking on the Opioid Epidemic: the Role of Interoperability and Technology
Electronic health records play a critical role in providing solutions and data exchange to help keep healthcare professionals informed.
HIMSS22 Startup Spotlight - Babson Diagnostics
Babson is revolutionizing the testing experience for customers, bringing clinical, laboratory grade testing to more locations and using smaller samples than traditional diagnostic testing.
HIMSS22 Startup Spotlight - Skyflow
As part of the HIMSS22 Startup Spotlight series, we speak with Anshu Sharma, co-founder and CEO of Skyflow.