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Health Data Unbound Virtual Conference
While there have been many events on interoperability and data sharing, what’s unique here is our focus on the BUSINESS rationale for health data sharing. • The bases of competition in healthcare are shifting to competing on quality, cost, and patient experience. This shift creates a business imperative to share information, not to hoard it. • Hoarding data is not only bad for business but can be catastrophic in a crisis. • Data of all kinds has an important role in public health, logistics management, and the healthcare supply chain. • The patient’s role is critical in coordinating their own care, testing, res...
Source: e-CareManagement - October 19, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Vince Kuraitis Tags: Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) API data sharing health IT interoperability Source Type: blogs

COVID-19: What is different in our understanding of this pandemic to the accepted wisdom in the spring of 2020?
As we have heard repeatedly over the past few months, there is a need to think of managing this pandemic in the same way we prepare for a marathon rather than a sprint, says Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer, HIMSS. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - October 19, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics Artificial Intelligence Government & amp; Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Source Type: blogs

Tim Kelsey Leaves HIMSS and Takes Over PKS As CEO.
This release appeared an hour or so ago. 06 Oct 2020 9:59 AM AEST PKS appoints internationally regarded digital health expert, Tim Kelsey as new CEO The Board of PKS Holdings Limited (ASX: PKS) ( “PKS” or the “Company”), an Australian pioneer of advanced data services in healthcare, is pleased to announce the appointment of data analytics and digital transformation expert, Tim Kelsey as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the next phase of growth. The Company’s current Ma naging Director, Ron van der Pluijm will support Tim th...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 5, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Additional HIMSS21 Options Offered to HIMSS Exhibitors After Cancellation of HIMSS20
As most of you know, we’ve been covering the cancellation of HIMSS20 since it rocked the health IT world right at the start of COVID-19. For those following along at home, in the beginning HIMSS announced that there would be no refunds for HIMSS20 and no credits for HIMSS21 for HIMSS exhibitors. HIMSS20 registrations for […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 31, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT EHR Conferences Health IT Conferences HIMSS HIMSS20 HIMSS21 Source Type: blogs

The age of precision in the post COVID-19 world
Health and care have been inexorably moving toward a new paradigm – one where the nature of the interactions is more personalised and they require the person to be more active in their pursuit of reducing risks that have an adverse effect upon the development of non-communicable diseases, says Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - August 12, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Government & amp; Policy Patient Engagement Population Health Precision Medicine Source Type: blogs

It Is Hard Not To Think That There Are Some Deep Seated Problems In The ADHA Leading To High Staff Turnover And Loss.
This appeared a day or so ago. Senior digital health bureaucrat resigns to join former boss By Shannon Jenkins Friday August 7, 2020 Another senior public servant has resigned from the Australian Digital Health Agency. National health chief information officer Ronan O ’Connor has left the agency to take on a role at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society — the same not-for-profit organisation that Tim Kelsey joined after departing his role as ADHA CEO late last year. Kelsey and O’Connor worked together at the United Kingdom ’s National Health Service before they were appointed to the A...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 11, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

Inching Closer to a National Patient Identifier – House Passes Removal of Ban on National Patient ID
Little by little, we’re working towards a National Patient Identifier. For those not familiar with the topic, the US government in a section of the federal budget has banned HHS from even working with the private sector to develop a national patient identifier. However, the House of Representatives thanks to leadership from Representative Bill Foster […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - August 3, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Healthcare IT AHIMA David Gray Foster-Kelly Amendment HIMSS Intermountain Just Associates Karen Proffitt National Patient ID National Patient Identifier NextGate Patient ID Now Coalition Ryan Smith Source Type: blogs

HIMSS 2021 Conference Officially Moved to August 9-13 in Las Vegas
As we reported previously, the HIMSS 2021 conference is officially being moved to August. It will still be held in Las Vegas at the Sands EXPO Center, but now shifted to the summer – August 9-13, 2021. In a press briefing today, Hal Wolf, CEO of HIMSS mentioned that they have secured additional space to […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 31, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Digital Health Conferences EHR Conferences Hal Wolf Health IT Conferences Health IT Virtual Conferences HIMSS Source Type: blogs

Philips Wins FDA Clearance and Launches EMS Remote Monitoring and Defibrillation Solution in U.S.
The need for emergency medical services (EMS) outside of the hospital setting is on the rise, with an estimated 240 millions 9-1-1 calls made in the US annually. While medical equipment used in this setting must be available, manipulable, and able to share important data across a variety of unknown situations, historically it has been cumbersome and limited in its connectivity. Philips’ Tempus ALS solution including the Tempus Pro monitor (left) and Tempus LS defibrillator (right). Global healthcare technology company Philips is seeking to address the needs of the EMS provider. At HIMSS earlier this year, Phili...
Source: Medgadget - July 30, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiology Emergency Medicine Informatics Telemedicine Source Type: blogs

A Look at the Future of Telehealth from a Medicare Reimbursement Perspective
We’ve all been watching the explosion of telehealth thanks to COVID-19 and a number of the reimbursement changes that have come as part of the pandemic. While we’re all waiting to see if these telehealth reimbursement changes are permanent (Looks like Telehealth reimbursement may even be included in the Heroes Act and extended through the […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 23, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Domenic Segalla HIMSS Medicare Telehealth Telehealth Adoption Telehealth Policy Telehealth Reimbursement Tom Leary With Source Type: blogs

Failing States of health - How broader collaboration can bring us closer to the future of health
Without cross-border co-operation the potential of personalised health cannot be realised, acccording to Bogi Eliasen, director at the Health Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies and HIMSS Future50 leader, who will be speaking at HIMSS& Health 2.0 European Digital Event taking place 7-11 September. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - July 22, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Government & amp; Policy Interoperability Patient Engagement Population Health Source Type: blogs

What We ’ re Hearing About the HIMSS20 Cancellation and Its Impact on HIMSS21
When I previously wrote about HIMSS’s decision to go from no refunds for HIMSS20 to a partial credit towards HIMSS21/HIMSS22, I didn’t think we would be talking about it again until next spring. Turns out I was wrong. There is a lot more ire coming from exhibitors and registrants over the cancellation and the lack […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 4, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Digital HIMSS Health IT Conferences Healthcare Conferences HIMSS 2020 HIMSS 2021 HIMSS Cancellation HIMSS Exhibitors HIMSS Virtual HIMSS20 HIMSS21 Source Type: blogs

The rights to privacy and the rights of the citizens to be protected - A conflict between privacy and the public good?
Privacy remains an important determinant of how technology is deployed, even during these times of COVID-19, argues HIMSS ' chief clinical officer Dr. Charles Alessi. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - May 6, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Government & amp; Policy Interoperability Privacy amp; Security Source Type: blogs