Digital transformation, from a business perspective, must have two objectives: top-line revenue and bottom-line performance. To achieve these objectives, leading organizations consider these three elements.
The lessons learned and shared by some of the industry’s leaders are exciting, and some clear opportunities are developing. But under the surface, this year, there is something else, and I’m not sure it’s getting enough attention: anxiety.
Neurologists and health care practitioners must evolve with the world. Telemedicine carts assist in this evolution by serving as an intermediary between patients and doctors.
This year's HIMSS conference featured many news announcements — from advanced partnerships to product launches to new research. In this list, MedCity News compiled short summaries for six of the conference's most notable announcements.
Much like COVID-19 forced us all to slow down, to have more meaningful conversations and collaborations, so, too, did HIMSS21.
At the start of the pandemic, the lack of integration between IT systems was painful, said Dr. Anne Zink, chief medical officer for the state of Alaska, at HIMSS Digital. She hopes the pandemic will shed a light on the importance of information sharing between public health and health systems.
Two healthcare conferences with in-person events slated for later this year will require people to be vaccinated. HIMSS’ annual conference, which will be held in Las Vegas in August, is one of them.
Break down the silos. Take control of your provider data.
A district judge granted preliminary approval to a settlement for a class action suit brought against HIMSS by exhibitors for its conference last year. Per the settlement, HIMSS will create a $2.8 million fund to pay back exhibitors and will credit a portion of the funds they paid to future conferences.
A survey of healthcare cybersecurity professionals by HIMSS details the most common types of cyber attacks, its impact on patient care as well as solutions hospitals and health systems have implemented to prevent falling prey to this type of criminal activity.
Health IT companies across revenue cycle management, behavioral health, cybersecurity, supply chain and other areas highlight new developments and share how they have responded to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
HIMSS cancelled its annual conference for the first time in more than 50 years. Conference leaders said they made the decision after recent reports about COVID-19 from the WHO and CDC.
A new report by Paubox calls for healthcare IT leaders to dispose of outdated assumptions about email security and address the challenges of evolving cybersecurity threats.
While AWS, Intel, Cisco, and others pull out of a large health IT conference in Orlando due to Covid-19 fears, President Donald Trump will be traveling there to address the issue of interoperability in healthcare.
HIMSS' new proposed definition is currently open for a public comment period which ends March 30.
From interoperability to AI to cybersecurity, here's a roundup of some key insights from this year's HIMSS conference in Orlando, Florida.
"If we just talk about AI without tying that to better access globally, lower costs, ... better outcomes for our patients at the end of the day — we're not leveraging this transformational technology in the right way," GE Healthcare's Karley Yoder said during a panel discussion at HIMSS.
At HIMSS, retired Brigadier General Greg Touhill, who served as the inaugural U.S. chief information security officer under President Barack Obama, offered insight on how hospitals and healthcare organizations can keep data safe.