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Latest Press Releases

27 January 2012
Rick Schooler Named CHIME-HIMSS 2011 John E. Gall, Jr. CIO of the Year
Rick Schooler, FCHIME, has been selected as the recipient of the 2011 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award. Schooler is Chief Information Officer and Vice President at Orlando Health, an integrated delivery system with a variety of healthcare providers in central Florida. Schooler will receive the award at the 2012 Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas on Feb. 23, 2012. (more)

27 January 2012
HIMSS Analytics Honors Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center with Stage 7 Award

HIMSS Analytics announced that Moanalua Medical Center, a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, has received its Stage 7 Award. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model? (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.

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25 January 2012
HIMSS Announces 2011 Award and Scholarship Recipients
Recognizing outstanding contributions to HIMSS and the healthcare industry, HIMSS named its 2011 award and scholarship recipients. The HIMSS Foundation and four HIMSS chapters provided nine scholarships to students enrolled in health IT and management systems degree programs.

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13 January 2012
Two Nurses Recognized as Emerging Leaders in Informatics
The Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI) selected two individuals to participate in an exclusive two-year program designed to develop professionals capable of assuming national leadership positions in
informatics-related organizations. Based on competitive criteria, Sarah A. Collins, RN, PhD, and Audrey L. Hirsch, RN, MS, have been tapped to participate in the Nursing Informatics Emerging Leaders Program.
ANI and the Nursing Informatics Emerging Leaders Program are jointly supported by the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

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05 January 2012
Interact with Industry Leaders in Health IT Interoperability
The annualIHE North America Connectathon 2012 continues to show substantial year-to-year growth as the importance of systems interoperability in health information technology becomes more evident. As part of the Connectathon, IHE USA will sponsor a one-day conference presenting a preeminent team of interoperability, information standards and health information exchange experts.

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05 January 2012
Improving Patient Care with Med Rec, Clinical Analytics and More

The value of health information technology can be best highlighted by looking at its use, and resulting outcomes, in real-life situations. Consider the following three examples from new case studies in the Stories of Success! program from HIMSS and co-sponsors American Society for Quality (ASQ), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF).

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19 December 2011
HIMSS Analytics Honors Florida Hospital Flagler with Stage 7 Award

HIMSS Analytics announced that Florida Hospital Flagler, an Adventist Health System facility, has received its Stage 7 Award. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model? (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.

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06 December 2011
New HIMSS ICD-10 PlayBook Aids Healthcare Providers
In response to the fast-approaching ICD-10 conversion deadline of Oct. 1, 2013, HIMSS, the world’s largest cause-based organization devoted to improving the quality, safety, cost-effectiveness, and access to care through the best use of IT, has released a major update of its ICD-10 PlayBook. Empowering care providers with the tools they need for transitioning to ICD-10, v 2.0 includes complimentary access to a new resource - VitalVendors. VitalVendors is an on-line, self-reported, vendor-readiness tool designed to aid providers in identifying those vendors who may have the capabilities to support them through the ICD-10 transition. (more)

05 December 2011
Transforming Healthcare with Mobile Technology, HIMSS Launches mHIMSS
Mobile technology is transforming healthcare and has the ability to revolutionize healthcare delivery in the US and abroad.

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05 December 2011
HIMSS G7 Report Explores Electronic Business Transformation
As electronic business transformation occurs in healthcare, the development of powerful IT tools delivers real-time information about a patient at point-of-care, shifting payment and remittance information from paper to electronic. (more)

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