Change management the toughest challenge for IT, says CHIME-HIMSS CIO of the...
With 900 care locations and a 1,200-member IT team, Carolinas HealthCare System is sprawling and complex. That’s just how Chief Information Officer Craig Richardville likes it.Complexity creates...
View ArticleHealthcare leaders share best practices from the C-Suite
Leadership has never been more important in healthcare. To successfully navigate the challenges facing organizations, leaders must stay informed on the latest developments. And they also need to set...
View ArticleHL7 and ONC launch challenge seeking C-CDA rendering tools for clinicians
Health Level 7 and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT kicked off a new challenge that aims to alleviate provider frustrations with the usability of HL7's consolidated clinical...
View ArticleMinnesota Community Healthcare Network taps RelayHealth for interoperability
Minnesota Community Healthcare Network, made up of an alliance between Canvas Health, Guild Incorporated, Mental Health Resource, RESOURCE, INC. and Touchstone Mental Health, announced today it has...
View ArticleVindell Washington named principal deputy national coordinator at ONC
Vindell Washington, MD, has been named the ONC's Principal Deputy National Coordinator, effective January 25, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Karen DeSalvo announced on...
View ArticleInteroperability in focus as engineers head to IHE North American Connectathon
The IHE North American Connectathon Week begins next Monday at the Cleveland Convention Center and HIMSS Innovation Center. The event runs from January 25 to 29 and will bring together more than 500...
View ArticleEpic, athenahealth, other EHR vendors sign on for Carequality...
Barely a month after its launch, the Carequality Interoperability Framework devised by The Sequoia Project has already signed up five health IT heavy-hitters to be the first to implement its data...
View ArticleAs HIMSS16 nears, don't miss our top videos from the 2015 conference
Some of the most-watched Healthcare IT News videos in 2015 were from our collection of exclusive interviews and footage recorded at HIMSS15. From recognizable names in leadership commenting on burning...
View ArticleHealthcare Interoperability: An Ecosystem Perspective
Sponsor: McKessonPrimary topic: InteroperabilityTopic: InteroperabilityResource Central: Upcoming WebinarsExternal url:...
View ArticleCHIME to Senate: New policies, interoperability needed to improve chronic...
CHIME, which represents 1,700 hospital chief information officers and other health IT executives, is urging the Chronic Care Working Group of the Senate Committee on Finance to tackle policies that...
View ArticleThoughts on the Senate HELP Committee's draft legislation
Policy and LegislationMeaningful UseInteroperabilityAn important bill could help bridge the gap between meaningful use as we know it and the future.John HalamkaOn Jan. 20, Senators Alexander and Murray...
View Article4 key takeaways from CDC survey on EHR uptake by physicians
Physician adoption of electronic health records rose steadily between 2013 and 2014, with nearly 75 percent of doctors going digital, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...
View ArticlePop Health Forum 2016: Call for Proposals
Healthcare IT News and HIMSS are accepting topic and speaker proposals for the Pop Health Forum 2016, May 19-20, in Boston.While population health management is key to bending healthcare’s cost curve...
View ArticleHIMSS Awards & Recognition Gala 2016
Don't miss the HIMSS Awards & Recognition Gala at HIMSS16! Join us for an evening honoring the brightest stars in health IT at the vibrant Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas.March 3, 2016 — 06:30PM - 09:00PM...
View ArticleRockford Health ties Epic EHR to monitoring data with HL7 interface in fetal...
Rockford Health System in Rockford, Illinois is using the Health Level 7 data exchange standard to see both the real-time fetal monitoring strip and the patient’s electronic record on the same computer...
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Finding Reliable Connectivity for Critical Healthcare Delivery
Sponsor: CoxPrimary topic: InteroperabilityTopic: InteroperabilityResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
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Houston Healthcare's Interoperability Solutions
Sponsor: CoxPrimary topic: InteroperabilityTopic: InteroperabilityResource Central: White PapersExternal url:...
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System interoperability provides massive benefits
Technology is expanding at a rapid rate, and it is changing the way that we think, organize and operate both at home and in the workplace. In the case of healthcare, new software applications,...
View ArticleHL7 chief Charles Jaffe to update on FHIR Argonaut Project progress at HIMSS16
More than a year after its implementation, Charles Jaffe, MD, CEO of HL7, is scheduled to return to the HIMSS Annual Conference to update the industry on the accomplishments to date and shed light on...
View ArticleObama pitches $22 million for ONC, billions for cybersecurity, in...
Though President Barack Obama's proposed 2017 budget died almost as fast as it arrived at Congress on Tuesday, the chief executive's final proposal included millions in healthcare spending to bolster...
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