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Heritage Living Center Tackles Quality Measure Challenges
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Heritage Living Center Tackles Quality Measure Challenges
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HIMSS and PCHAlliance Endorse CONNECT for Health Act of 2019
This comprehensive bipartisan, bicameral legislation makes critical and thoughtful reforms to the Medicare program by expanding access to evidence-based telehealth services to better meet the diverse needs of Medicare beneficiaries.
HIMSS Comments on the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records NPRM
We leveraged the expertise of HIMSS members to offer feedback to SAMHSA’s the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM).
Atrium Health Improves Care for Opioid Use Disorder
2019 Davies Award winner Atrium Health of North Carolina observes the devastating impact of the opioid crisis in its communities daily and felt compelled to respond to the challenge of treating opioid use disorder. Here’s how they addressed it.
HIMSS President and CEO Hal Wolf Appointed to WHO Digital Health Technology Advisory Group and Roster of Experts
The Advisory Group will work with the WHO Digital Health Department, recently established to harness the power of digital health technologies to improve health on a global scale.
St. Stephen’s Hospital: From EMR Implementation to Digital Integration
2019 HIMSS Davies Award winner St. Stephen’s Hospital of Hervey Bay, Australia, needed to improve access to data and images in near real time, improve the efficiencies of image documentation for the management of pressure injuries, and enhance the pati…
St. Stephen’s Hospital: From EMR Implementation to Digital Integration
2019 HIMSS Davies Award winner St. Stephen’s Hospital of Hervey Bay, Australia, needed to improve access to data and images in near real time, improve the efficiencies of image documentation for the management of pressure injuries, and enhance the pati…
HIMSS Digital Influencer Program: Strengthening the Connective Tissue of Health IT
The evolved social media ambassador program aims to elevate digital conneciton to catalyze health reform. Applications to become a HIMSS Digital Influencer are now being accepted through Nov. 15
Truman Medical Centers Reduces Patient Falls Through Remote Patient Monitoring
Patient falls can add up to six additional days to a hospital stay and cost up to $14,000 per incident. Recognizing this, 2019 Davies Award winner Truman Medical Centers set out to implement a virtual observation solution to serve as an additional aven…
