Author Archives: Elinore Boeke

About Elinore Boeke

Sr. Manager, Public Policy Communications - part of the HIMSS Government Relations team in Washington, DC. For health IT-related public policy updates, follow me on Twitter @ElinoreBoeke, and subscribe to the complimentary HIMSS Health IT Policy update e-newsletter at http://www.himss.org/policyupdate.

Listening to the Data

Posted on February 25, 2013

By Willa Fields, DNSc, RN, FHIMSS, Chair of the HIMSS Board of Directors, and Professor in the School of Nursing at San Diego State University in San Diego, California Over the past few months, I’ve seen several articles in the mainstream … Continue reading →

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Does Implementing Health IT Add Value?

Posted on January 15, 2013

by Rod Piechowski, HIMSS Senior Director, Health Information Systems Does implementing health IT add value to a hospital? Hawaii Pacific Health (HPH) answers that question with a resounding “yes!”  This HIMSS Davies Award winner has improved overall safety, quality and effectiveness … Continue reading →

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Where Are You On The Voyage to Meaningful Use?

Posted on January 14, 2013

There are more than 5,300 civilian hospitals in the U.S., and around 700,000 physicians.  Many are expending a great deal of time, effort, expense, and blood sweat & tears towards becoming meaningful users of EHRs.  Are you one of them?

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HIMSS Government Relations Efforts Have New Guidance from Updated Public Policy Principles

Posted on December 18, 2012

by Indranil (Neal) Ganguly, CHCIO, FHIMSS, FCHIME, Member of the HIMSS Board of Directors, and VP & CIO of CentraState Healthcare System I’m pleased to share that at our Dec. 7 meeting, the HIMSS Board of Directors approved the organization’s updated 2013-2014 … Continue reading →

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Congress Looks at Meaningful Use

Posted on November 29, 2012

By Willa Fields, DNSc, RN, FHIMSS, Chair of the HIMSS Board of Directors, and Professor in the School of Nursing at San Diego State University in San Diego, California I knew that being Chair of the HIMSS Board of Directors … Continue reading →

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HIMSS Statement on Release of Meaningful Use Stage 2

Posted on February 23, 2012

UPDATE 2-24-12: This afternoon, ONC released the proposed rule for ”Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition; Revisions to the Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology.” HIMSS released the following statement today … Continue reading →

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Do Your Doctors Use EHRs?

Posted on January 30, 2012

Last year my family and I moved to a new house. While we still live in the Washington DC suburbs, it made sense for us to switch to a well-regarded pediatric practice more conveniently located to our new home. I … Continue reading →

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The More Things Change….The More They Stay The Same

Posted on September 12, 2011

Welcome to National Health IT Week!  Healthcare organizations around the country are recognizing the value of health IT, and we hope you will too!  Look for some exciting blogs this week, and if you’re on Twitter, please tweet about your … Continue reading →

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Are You Passionate About Transforming Healthcare? Your Opinion Has More Weight Than You Think!

Posted on September 2, 2011

You can’t escape the constant and often frustrating news reports from Washington—there are a lot of strong opinions here!  I’m pretty sure those of you beyond the Beltway have opinions too.  Have you shared them with your elected representatives on … Continue reading →

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Confronting Health IT Myths

Posted on October 5, 2010

In my role as Sr. Manager for Public Policy Communications at HIMSS, I monitor a lot of news sources to keep an eye on what people are saying about health IT. Unfortunately, I too often come across articles and opinion … Continue reading →

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