eClinicalWorks®, today announced that New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, an eClinicalWorks customer, received a 2011 HIMSS Public Health Davies Award of Excellence for its Primary Care Information Project (PCIP). The award, which honors excellence in implementing electronic health records (EHRs), was presented last week at the 2011 Public Health Informatics Conference. [...]
eClinicalWorks Customer New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Receives HIMSS Davies Award
September 1, 2011 By 1 Comment
U.S. News Media Group Announces Most Connected Hospitals
July 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
U.S. News Media Group today announced a list of the Most Connected Hospitals. The new list identifies U.S. News-ranked hospitals that are significantly advanced in the adoption of electronic medical record systems. We live in a digital age. We use electronic systems to connect with others, to entertain ourselves, and to compare the quality of [...]
HIMSS (finally) Launches Blog
August 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
HIMSS has launched it’s very own blog , cleverly called the HIMSS Blog. They expect to post daily on issues and initiatives related to their efforts to improve patient care with health IT. The first post is Certified EHRs…from Complete to Commodity. I’ve added them to my Google Reader and look forward to reading their [...]
Finalists Named for Electronic Health Record Implementation
July 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society names finalists in community health organization and organizational categories for HIMSS Davies Awards of Excellence Hospitals and community health organizations continue to recognize the benefits of technology by implementing health IT to improve patient care, safety, and efficiency, including three finalists for the 2010 HIMSS Davies Organizational and [...]
HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association Elects New Leadership
June 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Image by mccready via Flickr The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association) today announced its new chair and vice chair, along with Executive Committee election results based on voting by the full membership during May and June. The Association is comprised of 44 companies that supply the vast majority of EHRs in use in [...]
Evaluating Finalists for Electronic Health Record Implementation
June 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
With health information technology in place as a beneficial tool to improve patient care, and impact population health, six organizations have been selected as finalists for the 2010 HIMSS Davies Ambulatory Care and HIMSS Davies Public Health Awards of Excellence. As finalists, four independent physician practices and two public health organizations will receive a site [...]
Mapping Hospital Readiness for Meaningful Use
June 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
With hospitals expected to meet in 2011 the first phase of deadlines for Meaningful Use specified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, HIMSS Analytics has added new questions to its annual Survey on Meaningful Use. The questions include those developed by the Health Story Project on the inclusion of structured document standards [...]
Kaiser Permanente Honored for Electronic Health Record Implementation
March 2, 2010 By 2 Comments
Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s leading health care provider and not-for-profit health plan, received 12 Stage 7 Awards from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. The Stage 7 Award honors hospitals that have achieved the highest level electronic health record implementation. The 12 awards were presented at the HIMSS 2010 annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia. [...]
Philips Convenes ‘Meaningful’ Dialogue on How Healthcare IT Solutions can Contribute to Improved Patient Outcomes
March 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
At the 2010 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference in Atlanta, Royal Philips Electronics will showcase how healthcare informatics solutions can help improve the quality and efficiency of patient care. This strategic focus underscores a commitment to providing advanced clinical informatics and patient monitoring solutions that complement electronic health records (EHRs) by [...]
New Dorenfest Institute White Paper Explores PACS Technology
February 24, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Dorenfest Institute for Health Information Technology, Research and Education, managed by the HIMSS Foundation, has released, Growth in Use of Picture Archiving and Communications System: A 2000-2008 Study. This free white paper explores PACS technology and its growth and use as a relevant and important tool in the US healthcare industry. The study uses [...]
