By Nicole Ramage, HIMSS
A few things you’ll learn here:
- How insurance coverage gaps, staffing shortages, and funding issues are a major obstacle
- The impact of mobile health apps on equitable healthcare delivery
- The crucial role community partnerships play in supporting underserved communities
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March 4, 2025
Hospital is Not the Home 8 Lessons Learned from Implementing Remote Patient Monitoring for Acute and Transitional Care at Home
Hospital-at-home programs have revolutionized how health systems deliver care, enabling them to provide hospital-level services in the comfort of a patient's home. As these programs continue to succeed, many organizations are experiencing growing internal demand to expand these services to additional use cases.
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March 4, 2025
The Benefits of a Layered Security Approach in Hospitals
While hospital data breaches and ransomware attacks against software systems dominate headlines, another related crisis is looming: the need to protect the physical environments where care is delivered.
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February 24, 2025
2024 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey
The 2024 HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey offers a detailed look at current cybersecurity practices, challenges, and trends across the industry.
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February 3, 2025
The future of telemedicine
This study looks at how clinicians and clinical leaders are leveraging telemedicine programs and technologies to address chronic diseases and the challenges and benefits they present.
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January 21, 2025
HHS OIG Releases Proposed Regulation on Information Blocking Civil Money Penalties
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January 21, 2025
HIMSS Leads Healthcare Groups in Asking HHS for More Guidance on Information Sharing
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January 21, 2025
Webinar: The New Interoperability Regulations – Transforming to a Learning Health System
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January 21, 2025
ONC Publishes Updated Common Agreement for TEFCA
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January 16, 2025
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January 16, 2025
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December 16, 2024
Healthcare organizations still challenged with securing data
This study explores healthcare executives’ confidence in their cybersecurity measures. To address concerns with limited budgets, resources, and risks from third-party vendors, healthcare organizations are strengthening security practices and adopting new technologies like AI to detect threats faster. You’ll learn the importance of having strong, flexible IT systems to protect data—and how to ensure the quality of care at the same time.
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December 16, 2024
AI in healthcare
This study explores how U.S. healthcare leaders view current AI use and the challenges of bringing AI into existing workflows. You’ll get a close look at the core use cases for AI and how healthcare organizations are supporting staff through the transition. Beyond use cases, you’ll also get insights into how to ease employee fears, involve staff in pilot programs, and show that AI is meant to support rather than replace jobs.
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December 16, 2024
Healthcare organizations ready to narrow their technology gap
This study highlights what's working and what's not in tech adoption at the health system level. It covers why most organizations aren't fully using technologies like AI and analytics to ease staffing issues and improve care—and the moves they’re making to fix that. You’ll discover the strategies leaders use to improve adoption rates and why merging technology with strong vendor relationships is crucial for success.
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December 16, 2024
Five keys to successful digital health transformation
This study shows that while over half of healthcare organizations have a clear digital strategy, many still struggle with creating and implementing one. You’ll get guidance on developing a well-thought-out strategy, strong leadership, and data transparency — all of which are essential for making the most out of your organization’s investments in digital care.
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December 16, 2024
Building a patient-centered culture with technology
This study explores how and why healthcare organizations are trying to move toward more digital and patient-focused care. It’s well-known that this care approach improves outcomes, but securing funding and driving adoption are still major challenges for most systems. Here, you’ll learn how to back your patient engagement projects up with strong financial planning and get both patients and providers on board.
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December 16, 2024
Health equity
This study explores the strategies and technology being used to advance health equity. There’s a big focus on the challenges that organizations are facing (like insurance gaps and staffing), as well as the role of community partnerships. The research also explores the role of health education, telehealth, and local partnerships in making healthcare more equitable for all.
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December 16, 2024
From diagnosis to defenses: how healthcare technology is changing cancer care
This study explores how innovations in cancer detection (including synthetic biomarkers and ctDNA blood testing) are helping find cancers sooner. While some clinicians believe routine lab tests are sufficient for early detection, most clinical leaders and executives now see AI as crucial for analyzing patient data and improving diagnostic accuracy at scale. You’ll get insights into balancing high costs of implementation, approaches for staff training, and best practices for making these new technologies part of everyday testing.
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December 16, 2024
Digital empowerment: healthcare’s new frontier in patient engagement
This study explores how hospitals are using technology to directly engage patients in their own care. It focuses on tools like digital whiteboards and patient portals, which organizations like the Moffitt Cancer Center are using to boost patient involvement. You’ll get a data-backed sense for patients’ preferences around digital health tools, learn how to handle adoption roadblocks (like trust and privacy), and get actionable guidance for improving your system’s patient engagement.
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December 16, 2024
Five technology-centric strategies to prevent clinician burnout
The article addresses the critical problem of clinician burnout, which affects nearly all surveyed healthcare professionals. Here, you’ll get innovative, tech-based strategies from experienced healthcare leaders aimed at managing and reducing stress. These strategies cover transforming staff perspectives, enhancing current workflows, adopting new tools, ensuring transparent communication, and connecting technology use to real changes in clinical workloads.
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December 16, 2024
Interoperability: Bridging healthcare’s information gap
This report provides insights into healthcare leaders’ current approaches towards interoperability, based on surveys with 100 top health executives and tech experts. You’ll learn how healthcare organizations can enhance their connectivity and use tech advancements to boost service quality—all while reducing data silos.
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September 5, 2024
How a MICU Team Made a Difference When It Mattered Most
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September 5, 2024
HIMSS and PCHAlliance Ask HHS OIG for More Clarity, Increased Coordination on Information Blocking CMP Proposed Regulation
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September 5, 2024
HIMSS Policy Briefing on the European Health Data Space (EHDS)
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September 5, 2024
ONC’s Cures Act Final Rule
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September 5, 2024
Leveraging Health Information & Technology to Address the Maternal Mortality Crisis
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September 5, 2024
The Challenges in Achieving a True Modern Healthcare Data Platform
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September 5, 2024
HIMSS recommendations for proposed Information Blocking Provider Disincentives
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September 5, 2024
Navigating Change and Innovation in Healthcare IT: The Transformative Role of the Workforce
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September 5, 2024
University of California, Davis Health Pioneers Framework for Ethical Health AI and Data Governance
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September 5, 2024
AI Global Policy Principles
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September 5, 2024
Europe's Mission to Balance Health Data and Ethics
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September 5, 2024
HIMSS Submits Comments on the TEFCA Draft QTF
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September 5, 2024
Infant Mortality Awareness: Innovating for Improved Outcomes
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September 5, 2024
Leveraging the European Health Data Space White Paper
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September 5, 2024
Recommendations on How to Reach the Full Potential of the Proposed European Health Data Space
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September 5, 2024
ONC Announces Additional Flexibilities Around Interoperability Final Regulation Implementation
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September 5, 2024
HIMSS Submits Recommendations on EU Health Data Space, Data Governance, Cross-Border Care, HERA
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September 5, 2024
Accelerating Maternal Health Research
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September 5, 2024
Compliance with ONC’s Interoperability Regulation Information Blocking Provisions Required Beginning April 5, 2021
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September 5, 2024
European Health Data Space Webinar: What You Need to Know
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September 3, 2024
Revolutionizing Patient Care: Exploring Hospital at Home Successes, Challenges, and Future Opportunities
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September 3, 2024
Preparing for a World of National Networks and Frameworks
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September 3, 2024
HIMSS Government Relations And Informatics Impact Report
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September 3, 2020
Final CMS Interoperability Regulation: What You Need to Know
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September 3, 2020
Final ONC Interoperability Regulation: What You Need to Know
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