Tag Archives: healthcare

The Blurry Lines Between Patients and Healthcare Social Media

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

by Deborah C. Wells, MS, CPHIMS, member, HIMSS e-Connecting with the Consumer Committee and HIMSS ACO Task Force; Co-chair HIMSS Enterprise HIE Toolkit Task Force, and Strategic Consultant, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia We all know the convenience and ease of communication that cell … Continue reading →

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What Impact Has Informatics Had on your Nursing Career?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

by Laura J. Wood, DNP, MS, RN, Vice President, National Director – Clinical Solutions, Siemens, Healthcare My professional practice as a pediatric nurse and nursing leader has always focused on patient and family needs, support for front line nurses and … Continue reading →

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Nurses Week 2013: One Moment, One Nurse

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

By Christel Anderson, MA, Director, Clinical Informatics, HIMSS Every year, HIMSS joins other organizations, such as the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI) and the American Nurses Association (ANA), in celebrating nurses during Nurses Week, May 6 -12. HIMSS has lined … Continue reading →

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News Flash: Informatics is Advancing Technology-enabled Quality Care

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

The Road to Technology-Enabled Quality Care was the title of the HIMSS 2013 Nursing Informatics (NI) Symposium. While working with the planning committee to develop the program it didn’t strike me that the focus of our nursing informatics work had … Continue reading →

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Collaboration Improves Quality Measurement

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

By Zahid Butt, MD, FACG, Chair, HIMSS Quality Measurement Task Force, and CEO, Medisolv, Inc. The ultimate goal of advocates for health IT adoption is to improve the quality of healthcare for patients in all care settings. EHR-enabled quality measurement allows … Continue reading →

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Public Health Related to Disaster Reporting and Social Media

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

By Janice Jacobs, HIMSS Social Media Task Force, Healthcare Life Sciences (HCLS), Practices & Solutions Group, Dell.  Disaster Timeline: October 2012: Sandy wreaked havoc across Northeast and killed more than 100 people. Summer 2012: The Midwest (U.S.) was hit by … Continue reading →

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National Quality Forum Quality Data Model

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

By Cynthia Barton, QFMQ, Senior Measures Informatics Specialist; Laurel Borowski, Clinical Policy American College of Physicians, Associate; Felicia Owens, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Coordinator; Keri Christensen, Performance Improvement at American Medical Association, Project Manager  - HIMSS Quality Measurement Task Force … Continue reading →

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National Quality Forum Quality Data Model (QDM)

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

By Cynthia Barton, QFMQ, Senior Measures Informatics Specialist; Laurel Borowski, Clinical Policy American College of Physicians, Associate; Felicia Owens, Quality Insights of Pennsylvania, Coordinator; Keri Christensen, Performance Improvement, American Medical Association, Project Manager  - HIMSS Quality Measurement Task Force Is … Continue reading →

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On the Value of Health IT – HIEs and Accountable Care Organizations – Part 3

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

by Curt Sellke, Indiana Health Information Exchange In my first and second blog posts. we talked about the need for knowing when, where, and what happened during an episode of care related to an ED or hospital admission specific to an ACO … Continue reading →

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Learning, Learning, and More Learning around Nursing Informatics at HIMSS13 – Part 1

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

by Elizabeth Wertz Evans, RN, MPM, CPHQ, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FACMPE, member,  HIMSS Nursing Informatics Committee; and Executive Director, Professional Practice and Programs, Oncology Nursing Society  Well, we survived HIMSS13 and had quite an exciting week enjoying sessions, seeing old friends, making new friends, and … Continue reading →

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