HIMSS news and information

CLEVELAND—Healthcare leaders and local officials celebrated the completion of the Global Center for Health Innovation, a long-planned venue to showcase healthcare technology and ideas. Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald told about 400 invited guests to the Oct. 8 ceremony that the...
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society opened its 30,000-square-foot Innovation Center on Oct. 8 as part of the Global Center for Health Innovation's ribbon cutting in downtown Cleveland.
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The six-physician White River Family Practice was named the winner of the 2013 Ambulatory HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence in the use of health information technology, the Chicago-based Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society announced.
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has asked HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and other federal officials to extend the deadline by six months for hospitals, physicians and other eligible professionals to meet Stage 2 meaningful-use criteria for the federal electronic...
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has launched an online library and collection point for health information technology success stories. The goal is to help healthcare organizations calculate return on investment for their HIT systems.
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Getting out front of possible federal regulation of their industry and its products, a trade group representing more than 40 developers of electronic health-record systems issued an EHR Developer Code of Conduct. By signing on, vendors would commit to dropping “gag clauses” that hinder...
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"I tell people that the reason I have calluses on my hands is because I have to hold the reins back,” says Gary Gregory, board chairman at Miami Children's Hospital, referring to the hospital CEO's exuberance when it comes to health information...
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Even as the Truman Medical Centers system in Kansas City, Mo., received recognition for achieving the highest levels of information technology adoption, President and CEO John Bluford was also exploring a low-tech approach to improving his community's health: opening a grocery store.
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Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society would like to thank the following five senior healthcare executives for serving as the judges of the 2013 CEO IT Achievement Awards competition. We appreciate...
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Since 2003, Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society have jointly sponsored the CEO IT Achievement Awards to honor leaders of healthcare organizations at the forefront of adopting the electronic...
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