Office for Civil Rights Announces Final Rule to Protect Reproductive Healthcare Data Privacy
On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) finalized its rule, HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy. The rule aims to improve patient data protections around lawful reproductive health care services, thereby encourag...
HIMSS24 Europe Digital Maturity Awards Ceremony Recognizes Exceptional Healthcare Systems
HIMSS recognized multiple healthcare systems for their outstanding achievements in enhancing clinical outcomes with the implementation of HIMSS maturity models during the Digital Maturity Awards Ceremony, which took place on 30 May at the HIMSS24 European Health Conference & Exhibition. ...
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.
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...
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...
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.”
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.
Member Spotlight: Dr. William Hayes, MD, MBA, Recently Retired CMO From Trubridge
Dr. Hayes is in his second year on the HIMSS Physician Committee and has contributed to impactful deliverables in the areas of data effects on healthcare delivery and contributed to the 6-part series on large language models, which was published in 2023. He has also worked alongside of the EHRA a...