Tag Archives: data

Listening to the Data

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

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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EHRs: for the Right Reasons

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

by Elizabeth Casey Halley RN, MBA FHIMSS                                                                            eNurse Mentor with HIMSS                                                                                                         former Chair, HIMSS Nursing Informatics Committee                                                                     Over the years, it has been a privilege to participate, alongside my nursing informatics colleagues, in efforts to support and promote the integration of electronic health … Continue reading →

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Specifications by Regulation

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

By now, we have had an opportunity to review and comment on the Notices of Proposed Rule Making (NRPM) from ONC and CMS covering the 2014 Edition of Certified EHR Technology (CEHRT) and Meaningful Use Stage 2 (MU2).  I observed different reactions to the NPRM, … Continue reading →

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What Is Clinical Decision Support?

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

Many clinicians are still unclear what clinical decision support (CDS) means. Eligible Professionals (EPs) in medical practices who have attested, or are in process of attesting, to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, and thus, demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology, … Continue reading →

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The HIMSS12 Infographic

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

As this year’s Annual Conference & Exhibition took place in Las Vegas, Nevada and was a record-breaking year across the board, there is very little question why the #HIMSSanity hashtag caught on so enthusiastically at HIMSS12. Whether you were elbow-to-elbow … Continue reading →

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What do healthcare privacy and security have to do with an airline accident investigation? Broken links in a chain …

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Following is an unaltered blog post by Geoffrey Hancock from April 13, 2012.  The original post can be found on the mHIMSS blog. Geoffrey Hancock is director of business/sales and technical implementation for cloud, security, mobility and healthcare at Verizon. … Continue reading →

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