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Healthcare Information And Management Systems Society


New HIMSS site covers quality improvement basics

Industry News | Wednesday, September 01 2010
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has launched Quality 101, an online resource for the basics and metrics of quality measurement and improvement.
 

BayCare Health System names Thompson CIO

Executive Announcements | Wednesday, August 25 2010
Tim Thompson has been appointed CIO of BayCare Health System, a community-based healthcare system in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area, effective Sept. 7. Thompson joins BayCare from the Methodist Hospital System in Houston, where he served as CIO and senior vice president.
 

EMR adoption could be contagious

Industry News | Monday, August 16 2010
Persuading influential medical centers to adopt EMRs helps speed adoption by their neighboring hospitals, according to the August issue of Management Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
 

Webinar: Stage 1 of meaningful use is for quality reporting acclimation

Web Exclusives | Wednesday, August 04 2010
Written by Mary Stevens
Stage 1 requirements for meaningful use incentives aim to strike a balance between the overall goal of EHR use and widespread adoption, while avoiding added work, said Jonathan Teich, MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer at Elsevier Health Services, during a HIMSS webinar titled “Meaningful Use: Safety and Quality of Care.”
 

Top 25 Connected Facilities: The Refining of Radiology

Cover Story | Friday, July 23 2010
Written by Lisa Fratt
This year’s Top 25 Connected Facilities are an impressive group that has extended the reach of images from PACS to the EMR, either via links to key images or full image sets. Many extend PACS and EMR access to referring physicians and share data with a health information exchange (HIE) internally and/or externally. They are reaping across-the-board benefits—accelerating and improving patient care with anytime/anywhere access to patient data, virtual subspecialty interpretation and razor-thin report turn-around times that hover near 15 minutes for STAT studies. They are cutting costs, increasing productivity and fueling growth.
 

HIMSS: NPRM modifies HIPAA compliance for business associate deals

Web Exclusives | Thursday, July 15 2010
Written by Jeff Byers
The contractual obligations in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security and enforcement rules under the HITECH Act for business associates and downstream entities are game changers, according to Amy S. Leopard, JD, from Walter and Haverfield, during a webinar sponsored by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
 

AMDIS: Health execs initially pleased with meaningful use rules

Conference News | Wednesday, July 14 2010
Written by Mary Stevens
OJAI, Calif.—A first look at the 864-page final rule for Meaningful Use and EHR Certification shows that policymakers “listened and responded” to some physicians’ concerns, said speakers Pat Wise, RN, vice president of healthcare information systems at HIMSS, and Michael Zaroukian, MD, PhD, CMIO and associate professor of medicine at Michigan State University, during a presentation at the annual AMDIS Physician-Computer Connection Symposium Wednesday.
 

Societies react to meaningful use rules with mixed opinions, support materials

Industry News | Wednesday, July 14 2010
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Tuesday released the long anticipated final rules for identifying the criteria for hospitals and eligible providers to become meaningful users of health IT. Prominent professional societies have responded with supportive materials for eligible providers and hospitals, as well as reactions to the final rules.
 

HIMSS Analytics: Data analysis challenges ahead for hospitals

Industry News | Tuesday, July 13 2010
“The challenges that organizations face today with regard to clinical analytics are only going to be amplified in the future, as is evident in the later stages of meaningful use criteria,” according to a report from Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Analytics.
 

Glaser to head Siemens health IT unit

Top Stories | Sunday, June 27 2010
Siemens Healthcare has appointed John Glaser, PhD, as CEO of the health services business unit.
 

HIMSS: RFID still mostly used for equipment tracking

Industry News | Friday, June 25 2010
Despite more interest in using radiofrequency identification (RFID) to reduce medical errors and increase patient safety, the technology is mainly deployed for non-patient functions, according to a report from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).
 

HIMSS honors six health IT leaders

Industry News | Friday, June 25 2010
Recognizing contributions to advance health IT in the U.S., the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has honored six individuals at the state and federal levels for fostering the use of health IT in government and private industry.
 

New leadership at HIMSS EHR Association

Executive Announcements | Wednesday, June 16 2010
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) EHR Association has elected Carl Dvorak as its new chairman and Charles Jarvis as its new vice chair, along with executive committee election results based on voting by the full membership during May and June.
 

HIMSS promotes Hoyt executive VP

Executive Announcements | Thursday, June 10 2010
John P. Hoyt, FACHE, has been promoted to executive vice president of organizational services at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), effective June 14. In this role, Hoyt will also serve as the executive head for HIMSS Analytics, according to the Chicago-based organization.
 

HIMSS: Don’t fear the auditor

Conference News | Wednesday, June 09 2010
Written by Mary Stevens
When it comes to HIPAA compliance, even if you’re not where you want to be, that’s no reason to panic, said Christopher Paidhrin, security and compliance officer at Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash., during a session at the HIMSS virtual conference and expo on June 9.
 

HIMSS: Business intelligence may be key to success in the ED

Conference News | Wednesday, June 09 2010
Written by Kaitlyn Dmyterko
To make a muddled emergency department system more transparent and better report on patient satisfaction and performance indicators, staff at the Hospital of Central Connecticut implemented a business intelligence model to simplify workflow and increase doctor to patient time, said Jeff A. Finkelstein, MD, chief of emergency medicine during a presentation at the HIMSS virtual conference expo June 9.
 

Final countdown for HIMSS Davies Public Health finalists

Industry News | Thursday, June 03 2010
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has selected six organizations as finalists for the 2010 HIMSS Davies Ambulatory Care and HIMSS Davies Public Health Awards of Excellence, an annual award honoring healthcare organizations successfully achieving value from EHRs.
 

HIMSS Webinar: Take clinical approach to assess MU status

Industry News | Wednesday, May 12 2010
To assess a practice’s status of meaningful use, an input tool should capture data to translate into a dashboard to measure ongoing optimization over time by provider or practice, according to a recent webinar sponsored by HIMSS and consulting firm Concordant.
 

Webinar: Evidence-based quality metrics are only the beginning

Web Exclusives | Wednesday, April 14 2010
“We cannot only focus on quality measurement … Measuring is essential but not sufficient to improve quality,” said Louis Diamond, MBChC, PACP, vice president and medical director for Thomson Reuters Healthcare and Science in a recent informational webinar on quality initiatives, sponsored by HIMSS.
 

HIMSS: More hospital security breaches in 2010, but greater awareness

Industry News | Wednesday, April 07 2010
The number of healthcare facilities that reported a breach in security that requires notification increased 6 percent from 13 percent in 2008 to 19 percent in 2010, according to the 2010 HIMSS Analytics report on the security of patient data, commissioned by Kroll Fraud Solutions.
 
Web Exclusives

Feature: U.S. needs national strategy to curb imaging overutilization

Medical imaging overutilization--a growing concern in the U.S.--exposes patients to unnecessary radiation, while also adding to rising healthcare costs, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in Radiology. In an interview, William R. Hendee, PhD, lead author, reviewed various methods by which medical imaging could be curtailed.

Radiology: Prelim study shows CE breast CT outperforms CT, mammo

Dedicated contrast-enhanced (CE) breast CT delivered significantly improved conspicuity of malignant breast lesions, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), compared with unenhanced breast CT and mammography, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.

Radiology: Rad role may evolve as image-guided biopsies trend up

CT, ultrasound and MRI have helped shift biopsy techniques away from more invasive approaches toward image-guided percutaneous techniques, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology. The trend toward less-invasive approaches translates into enhanced safety and efficiency and could lead to more interaction between patients and radiologists.

CMS Webinar: Incentive payments to offset EHR adoption, not reimburse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) EHR incentive payments are not considered reimbursement for money expended on EHR technology, but are intended to offset the cost associated with adoption and ongoing meaningful use, according to CMS during an Aug. 12 webinar.

CMS webinar: Eligible professionals can expect EHR incentives in 2011

Funding incentives for EHR use is the main goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) meaningful use initiative, and there are incentive programs for both hospitals and eligible professionals, according to Elizabeth Holland, health insurance specialist at the Department of Health and Human Services, who spoke during a CMS-sponsored webinar Aug. 8.

Webinar: Stage 1 of meaningful use is for quality reporting acclimation

Stage 1 requirements for meaningful use incentives aim to strike a balance between the overall goal of EHR use and widespread adoption, while avoiding added work, said Jonathan Teich, MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer at Elsevier Health Services, during a HIMSS webinar titled “Meaningful Use: Safety and Quality of Care.”

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