Cerner, McKesson, Allscripts, athenahealth, Greenway and RelayHealth announce ground-breaking alliance to enable integrated healthcare
The first-of-its-kind effort aims to transform quality and cost effectiveness by enabling data liquidity across systems, settings and episodes of care.
Annual HIMSS Analytics health IT trend report moves to quarterly releases
In an attempt to keep industry leaders abreast of the latest developments within the ever-changing health information technology (HIT) landscape, HIMSS Analytics has announced that the annual “Essentials of the US Hospital IT Market” report, 8th Edition, will be released on a quarterly basis.
HL7 announces plans for freely available IP and future membership model
Health Level Seven International (HL7) announced details about its plan to make much of its intellectual property (IP) freely available under licensing terms. The landmark decision represents HL7’s commitment to the betterment of healthcare worldwide by ensuring that all stakeholders have equal access to its HIT standards. The new policy is effective April 1, 2013, and includes all currently published standards, implementation guides and other select IP as determined on a case-by-case basis.
Electronic Health Record Association supports bipartisan policy committee report on patient safety
The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association), a collaboration of 40 EHR supplier companies, has announced its support of the just-released Bipartisan Policy Committee’s (BPC) report, “An Oversight Framework for Assuring Patient Safety in Health Information Technology.”
Hospital IT accomplishments honored by CareTech Solutions at HIMSS13
CareTech Solutions, an information technology (IT) and Web products and services provider for more than 200 U.S. hospitals, honored 13 health system clients at the annual Rising Star Award program on March 4. The Rising Star Award was established in 2008 to recognize clients who exemplify leadership in using information technology as a strategic advantage for their healthcare organization.
HIMSS announces its new Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action
Building on its mission to improve the delivery of healthcare with the best use of information technology, HIMSS announces its new Commitment to Action, made as part of its membership with the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). HIMSS joined the Clinton Global Initiative in September 2012 to advance its work on its Healthcare Transformation Project.
