Day 9 – HIMSS in 2016 Returns to Las Vegas
On Day 9 of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts there will be dancing all night at the 2016 HIMSS as the biggest health IT conference returns back to Vegas, to the real city that never sleeps.eeps.
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Are Federal Health Initiatives on FHIR?
By Mark Scrimshire – The hottest topic in Healthcare interoperability right now is FHIR (pronounced “Fire”) – HL7’s Fast Health Interoperability Resource framework. FHIR has caught the imagination and attention of developers across the Healthcare world by offering a developer-friendly Application Programming Interface (API) and a rich set of simple, but flexible standard data formats.
3 Must-Haves to Reduce Silos & Build Collaboration Between Docs
By Karen Holzberger – While at RSNA15, a few major themes emerged around reducing silos and building collaboration between care teams. Here are three ways to accomplish this.
Revenue Cycle Solutions Summit 2015
If you missed the HIMSS Revenue Cycle Solutions Summit in Atlanta this week, here is a recap from the attendees and participants. Share our story with Storify.
HIMSS 16 Sessions – Spotlighting Meaningful Use
HIMSS 16 (#HIMSS16) will be held at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas from February 29 – March 4. The theme this year is transforming health through IT. Ongoing use of EHR technology, meaningful use and developing future incentive programs will be hot topics
News & Updates from CMS
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HIMSS Releases Cost Accounting Survey on Provider Readiness for Value-Based Payment Models
HIMSS has released a survey to assess how providers are preparing for the shift to value-based payment models. Providers in all settings can participate. The survey will be available through 12/31/2015, with results shared at the HIMSS 16 in Las Vegas in February.
Milestones for the AMIA Annual Symposium
By William Hersh MD – One of my favorite events each year is the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium. It is an excellent meeting that brings together presentation of new research, up-to-date summaries of progress in the field, and great social events.
Family Health History Day 2015
From all of us at Answers Media Company we wish you a safe and happy holiday. Thanksgiving is National Family Health History Day. Over the holiday the Surgeon General encourages Americans to talk about, and to write down, the health problems that seem to run in their family.