Category Archives: HIMSS Events

Updating (or Creating) Your Professional Development Plan: No Time Like the Present

With the many opportunities available at HIMSS12 for education, exhibition and networking behind us, there is no time like the present to update (or even begin developing) your professional development plan.  And, I am no different from each of you: I want to … Continue reading

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Planning for the “What if…” – Being Prepared for a Data Breach

My loving wife, mother of my child, has what I like to describe as a good, old-fashioned case of America Paranoia.  She hates the red light cameras in Chicago and thinks the tollway’s EZ-PASS is a way to track our movements.  … Continue reading

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Nominations Open – CEO IT Achievement Award

Just a reminder - nominate your CEO for HIMSS/Modern Healthcare CEO IT Achievement Award. Applications are due by March 23. CEOs from the provider or managed care industries are eligible for this award. This annual award, now in its 8th year, honors CEOs who have … Continue reading

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Some Observations on ONC’s 2014 Edition

The Office of the National Coordinator and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  finally published their notices of proposed rule making (NPRM) after teasing hints throughout the week at HIMSS12.  First impressions have started to emerge, such as, at the HIT Standards Committee (HITSC) … Continue reading

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Reflections on HIMSS12 from a Public Relations Point of View

Ask anyone who attended HIMSS12 in Las Vegas about his or her favorite session, exhibit or lesson learned, and you will have many answers, opinions and insights.  For me, my focus was on the more than 150 members of the media who … Continue reading

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Why We Need an Industrial Revolution in Healthcare

by George Halvorson, Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Permanente This country cannot afford to have healthcare costs continuing to increase at a level that destroys both state and federal budgets and makes U.S. businesses less competitive in world markets. We also can’t … Continue reading

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HIMSS12 Breaks Previous Attendance Records

LAS VEGAS (February 24, 2012) — The record-breaking trend continues for the 2012 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, held in Las Vegas at the Venetian Sands Expo Center from Feb. 20-24.  As of Friday morning, Feb. 24, attendance at HIMSS12 reached 37,032 … Continue reading

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HIMSS Statement on Release of Meaningful Use Stage 2

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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HIMSS12 Brown Bag: Eliminating Healthcare Disparities through IT Application

Underserved populations, and the healthcare providers serving them, very often have inadequate resources to take full advantage of health information technology that offers so much promise to improve the quality of and access to care for the general population. 

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HIMSS12 – What Sessions Will You Attend?

My original intent for this post was to assume the role of a health IT project manager in a community-based, independent, not-for-profit hospital and identify those sessions at HIMSS12 that I would attend. 

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