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November 1, 2012 — HIMSS opposes the Oct. 4 call from four House Republican leaders for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to “immediately suspend the distribution of incentive payments until [the department] promulgates universal interoperable standards.”
May 21, 2012 — The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs.
February 24, 2012 — For the first time in years, information technology (IT) leaders at healthcare organizations did not identify a lack of financial support for IT as an obstacle to implementation; instead, concerns about staffing resources was cited as the key barrier.
A comparison of HIMSS Analytics data from September 2011 to December 2011 suggests that a number of hospital segments showed increased capability to achieve Stage 1 of meaningful use.
April 28, 2009 – This week HIMSS published its definitions of ‘meaningful use of certified EHR technologies,’ as outlined in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
In summary, HIMSS recommends the following:
- To ensure continuity, recognize CCHIT as the certifying body of EHRs.
April 13, 2009 — According to Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), its annual show last week drew an estimated 27,500 attendees.
April 6, 2009 - The 2009 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition (HIMSS 2009) featured 25,672 total registrants, 13,677 exhibitor staff and 11,291 professional attendees, according to the organization.
April 2, 2009 — With the Medicare and Medicaid incentives for health information technology use announced, almost 70 percent of U.S. hospitals are only two steps or less away from having the health IT applications necessary to deliver the likely objectives of ‘meaningful use’ for the electronic medical record, according to the HIMSS Analytics EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM).
March 13, 2009 – HIMSS said today that with less than a month before HIMSS 2009, total conference registration parallels the record-breaking registration figures during this same time frame for last year’s show.
March 4, 2009 - H. Stephen Lieber, CAE, president and CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) today released a statement supporting President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services and Director of White House Health Reform Office.
The statement reads: