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COVID-19's effect on health and care: Is this a portent of the 'new normal'?

By Charles Alessi 04:33 am March 31, 2020

COVID-19 appeared in late 2019 and its epicentre has been moving with alarming speed from the far east toward Europe and now more toward the Americas.

Striking a balance between medical device security and innovation

By Sean Burke 04:12 pm March 30, 2020

The weaknesses highlighted by the FDA in Urgent/11 demonstrate there are susceptibilities within software platforms that are both identifiable and resolvable.

Health information technology’s national blueprint for COVID-19

By Stuart N. Brotman 10:30 am March 27, 2020

The 10-year-old National Broadband Plan identified three nationwide gaps: IT adoption by healthcare providers, information utilization by them and connectivity to patients. In many places, those gaps still remain.

Technology lessons learned for temporary hospital deployments

By Jason Hall, Col, USAF (Ret) 04:25 pm March 26, 2020

As the COVID-19 crisis forces hospitals to get creative, a retired Air Force Colonel offers some perspective on IT preparedness gained from previous emergency medical deployments.

Getting it right: The rise of digital health

By Maureen Baker 01:25 pm March 25, 2020

Professor Maureen Baker, chair of the Professional Records Standards Body, writes about the organisation's work to help build a fully integrated health and care system in the UK.

Technology is radically improving care for veterans

By Surafeal Asgedom 03:27 pm March 23, 2020

With its three-pillar approach to modernization, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is transforming its technology systems to create foundational change, says its chief modernization officer.

COVID-19 shows why we must prioritize public health surveillance funding

By Rick Keller 03:32 pm March 16, 2020

Accurate outbreak data reporting depends on a robust, standards-based and interoperable information infrastructure. We still have a long way to go.

UW Medicine CIO's advice: Prepping IT systems for COVID-19

By Eric J. Neil 03:47 pm March 12, 2020

On the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, UW has ramped up telemedicine capabilities and made immediate changes to its EHR to support COVID-19 care.

Celebrating women’s day every day

By HIMSS International 06:04 am March 08, 2020

A gender-equal world can be healthier, wealthier and more harmonious – what's not great about that? For this year's International Women's Day, three HIMSS Future50 leaders share their thoughts.

HIMSS20: What's in it for EMEA changemakers?

By Angela Velkova 12:46 pm February 28, 2020

Ahead of the conference, HIMSS director Angela Velkova writes about the organisation’s work across the EMEA region to transform the global health landscape.