Interoperability Progress and the Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
We asked industry thought leaders to share perspectives on what is still needed, major challenges ahead of us and recommendations for spearheading collaboration and continued progress to achieve this shared vision.
Key Insights on the Future of Healthcare
We spoke to our Trust partners at Accenture, The Chartis Group and ZS about some of the findings related to digital health, AI/ML, and financial health, and what the future holds.
Consumers or Patients? How Data Can Boost Preventative Healthcare and Reduce the Cost of Care
Providing patients with the best data about their healthcare could help them make better preventative choices, reducing the cost of care.
The Future of Healthcare Insights Infographic
The Future of Healthcare Report gave a unique view into an industry in the midst of a transformation. To gain this insight, HIMSS, along with its Trust partners—Accenture, The Chartis Group and ZS—surveyed more than 2,700 stakeholders, including patients, clinicians, health systems and payer...
Complementing Chiefs: Understanding the CIO and CISO Relationship
A CIO and CISO often complement each other and are essential parts of a healthcare organization’s information and technology family.
Digital Connected Care: Workflows by the Clinician, for the Clinician
Clinicians must guide system developers on how to support specific clinical workflows with digital tools to facilitate improved outcomes for the patient and care team.
Digital Connected Care: Translating Data into Knowledge
We must thoughtfully and systematically collect, store and analyze PGHD so it can be used to support clinical decision-making and improve patient outcomes.
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.
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.