BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT and HIMSS have signed a memorandum of understanding that will see them collaborating on a project to introduce HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM)SM to the UK. The announcement was made today by Matthew Swindells, Chair of BCS Health, during the opening plenary at HC2012, the annual [...]
BCS and HIMSS Analytics Europe to collaborate on EMR Adoption Model project
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HIMSS Report Results – Healthcare Technology Leaders Identify Staffing Resources as Top Barrier to IT
February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For the first time in years, information technology (IT) leaders at healthcare organizations did not identify a lack of financial support for IT as an obstacle to implementation; instead, concerns about staffing resources was cited as the key barrier to IT. According to the 23rd Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey, released today, one-quarter of respondents said adequate [...]
Medicomp Systems Quippe™ – The Coolest Medical Technology I saw at HIMSS11
February 25, 2011 By 9 Comments
While at HIMSS11 earlier this week I had the opportunity to see a significant number of product demonstrations. As you might imagine those demonstrations ran the gamut from banal to brilliant with most being eerily similar. In most cases it was difficult to get a sense of the technology in place without constantly interrupting the [...]
Final Attendance Numbers for HIMSS11
February 24, 2011 By 1 Comment
Orlando, the traditional home of fantasy and make-believe, hosted a record-breaking crowd of 31,225 attendees for the 2011 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference this year. The magic kingdom of the exhibition hall hosted more than 1,000 companies, some in booths exceeding 5,000 square feet. They displayed their wares to huge crowds 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 [...]
Track ARRA Spending Priorities with HIMSS Analytics Market Intelligence
May 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
With American Recovery and Reinvestment Act regulations more defined and qualified hospitals due to receive funding as early as 2011, understanding and tracking marketplace expenditures is vital. The 5th edition of Essentials of the US Hospital IT Market from HIMSS Analytics captures data from the HIMSS AnalyticsTM Database of more than 5,200 hospitals and 32,000 medical [...]
Holy Family Memorial Health Achieves Stage 6 on HIMSS Scale
July 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Holy Family Memorial Health Network (HFM) has achieved Stage 6 on the HIMSS Analytics Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Adoption Model scale. The achievement is the latest in a series of accomplishments underscoring HFM’s focus on improving patient-care safety and quality. This honor is the result of years of planning, says Ed Bauknecht, director of HFM’s [...]
HIMSS Posts Paper on Designing and Testing EMR Usability
July 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
HIMSS has posted a paper “Defining and Testing EMR Usability: Principles and Proposed Methods of EMR Usability Evaluation and Ratings,” where their researchers take the somewhat obvious position that usability is an important aspect of EMR functionality and should be made a part of the certification process. Usability is of course, not easy to define, [...]
HIMSS predicts $14.4 Billion in Hospital IT Spending over next 5 years
June 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A healthcare industry association projects that hospitals will spend more than $14 billion on information technology systems during the next five years, but it said capital outlays will remain relatively flat until stimulus-related funding kicks in. The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) discussed hospital spending trends June 16, based on the group’s tracking [...]
HIMSS wants a roll in the EMR certification process
May 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Image via Wikipedia The trade organization HIMSS — Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society — is lobbying to play a central role in determining the certification requirements for electronic health records. According to the Washington Post, the HIMSS group wants a say in what dictates “meaningful use” for electronic health records, or EHRs, through advocacy [...]
