HIMSS18 News and Resources for Healthcare

The 7 Step Plan to Success with Big Data Analytics in Healthcare

March 23, 2018 - The healthcare industry may be going through a seemingly endless period of flux, but there are a few unchanging truths about big data analytics that can help guide executive leaders through troubled times. Planning, preparation, and a firm grasp on how to communicate measurable value are critical components of any successful big data analytics...

EHR Users Want Their Time Back, and Artificial Intelligence Can Help

March 21, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

Healthcare is a world full of adages, aphorisms, and narratives. From “first, do no harm” and the “triple aim” to “keeping the patient in the center of care” while snatching that “low-hanging...

Should Connectivity, Not Comprehensiveness, be the EHR Goal?

March 19, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

The few electronic health record vendors that have risen to dominance in the past decade have done so by creating strong brand identities and targeting their offerings to specific segments of the...

VA Lighthouse API Platform with FHIR Enables Health Data Access

March 16, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced the beta version of its Lighthouse Lab initiative that allows health IT developers to connect to data assets through application programming...

Da Vinci Project Brings HL7 FHIR to Payers for Big Data Analytics

March 15, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

In just a few short years, HL7 FHIR has exploded in popularity to enable unprecedented connectivity across the healthcare ecosystem. The internet-based data standard has started to hit...

CVS Health Cuts Red Tape with Real-Time Prescription Cost Data

March 13, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

Access to real-time data at the point of care may be one of the healthcare industry’s highest priorities, yet it remains one of its most elusive goals. From interoperability issues,...

Faulkner Guides Epic Systems from EHR to Comprehensive Health Record

March 12, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

Epic Systems founder and CEO Judy Faulkner has a reputation for big ideas. And with some of the top health systems in the country among her customers and around two-thirds of patients owning a current Epic record, the company and its...

Artificial Intelligence Helps with Costs, Clinical Care at HIMSS18

March 08, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

LAS VEGAS - The annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition is the perfect time of year for health IT vendors to unveil their latest and greatest offerings. With a captive - and captivated -...

Mayo Offers Patient Education through Epic MyChart, Wellpepper

March 08, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

Mayo Clinic is now offering its trusted patient education resources to Epic Systems customers through the enhanced MyChart mobile patient portal app and the Wellpepper patient engagement...

Hashed Health Launches Blockchain Provider Identity Tool

March 07, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

LAS VEGAS - Hashed Health has launched a provider credentialing solution that leverages blockchain to securely exchange information related to a clinician’s permissions to practice at a certain...

CMS Announces Patient-Centered Data Sharing Initiative

March 06, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

LAS VEGAS - CMS Administrator Seema Verma has announced a new initiative to ensure that patients remain at the center of the healthcare system as providers and payers continue to transition to...

Vendors Push Big Data Analytics, but Hospitals Focus on Safety, Security

March 06, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

LAS VEGAS - Vendors and healthcare providers are not seeing eye to eye on their top priorities for 2018, according to the latest HIMSS US Leadership and Workforce Survey released at HIMSS18...

HIMSS18 Is All About Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

February 15, 2018 by Jennifer Bresnick

The 2018 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition will be opening in Las Vegas in just a few weeks’ time, bringing more than 40,000 of the nation’s healthcare IT vendors, providers,...

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