Government & Policy
03:25 pm
May 14, 2020
Leaders from Geisinger, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and other health systems say "transformation" is needed to help providers and their patients weather this storm.
05:28 am
May 13, 2020
Case studies from countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand show different hospitals' initial responses, successes and best practices in the thick of handling the pandemic.
04:03 pm
May 12, 2020
CMS will require hospitals to adopt the Hybrid Hospital-Wide 30-Day Readmission measure by 2023. Experts say you should start preparing now.
01:10 pm
May 12, 2020
The tools could help payers manage the demands of standards-based interoperability challenges, and also offer security, identity management and consent management.
12:27 pm
May 12, 2020
Even as ONC and CMS push for wider patient data sharing, many healthcare consumers are hesitant. The American Medical Association has issued new privacy principles supporting the rights of individuals to control how their health information is used.
Top row: left to right - Kathrine Myhre, Norway; Daniel Forslund, Sweden; Bjorn Jonsson, Iceland. Bottom row: left to right - Claus Pedersen, Denmark; Illka Kunnamo, Finland; Bogi Eliasen, Denmark.
03:43 am
May 12, 2020
A recent HIMSS Nordic Community webinar – moderated by Bogi Eliasen, HIMSS Future50 and director of health at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies – addressed how Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Sweden and Norway have enabled a sustainable human-centred health environment that influenced their crisis management during the pandemic.
01:59 am
May 12, 2020
Study found that increased mortality risk for ethnic minorities is only partially attributable to pre-existing clinical risk factors.
06:38 am
May 08, 2020
In a recent HIMSS webinar, Dr Chun-Wen Chang (Infectious Disease Specialist, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taiwan) reveals the steps the country has taken that has allowed it to successfully mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
05:06 pm
May 06, 2020
Persistent flaws in the ability to accurately ID and match patient records are hindering two must-haves on the road to reopening: contact tracing and, eventually, vaccine administration.
NYU Langone Health employs an onsite technology team that provides 24/7 remote support for patients engaging digitally.
03:46 pm
May 06, 2020
The pandemic has proven the "generalizability of telehealth" says the CMIO of NYU Langone Health, where virtual visits have skyrocketed. ATA, meanwhile, is asking Congress for more funding and flexibility to help build on its promise.
