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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is an American not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care in quality, safety, cost-effectiveness and access through the best use of information technology and management systems. It was founded in 1961 as the Hospital Management Systems Society.
Health information management's standards history is dated back to the introduction of the American Health Information Management Association, founded in 1928 "when the American College of Surgeons established the Association of Record Librarians of North America (ARLNA) to 'elevate the standards of clinical records in hospitals and other medical institutions.'" [3]
©HIMSS Media. The founder and CEO of medical record software provider Epic Systems, Judy Faulkner has built a $7.2 billion net worth from the ground up. Faulkner started her company — then ...
The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is a professional association for health professionals involved in the health information management needed to deliver quality health care to the public.
Harry Greenspun is a physician-executive and co-author of the book, “Reengineering Healthcare: A Manifesto for Radically Rethinking Health Care Delivery” with Jim Champy [1] Currently he serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Guidehouse LLP.
The concepts of enterprise imaging are elucidated in a series of papers by members of the HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Workgroup. [2] [3] The use of the term enterprise imaging in this manner is relatively new, having previously been used to describe expanding access to radiology images throughout an enterprise.
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) (2005, February). 16th annual HIMSS leadership survey sponsored by Superior Consultant Company. Retrieved 3/30/2005 from . Mullaney, T. J., & Weintraub, A. (2005 March 28). The digital hospital. Business Week 3926, 76. Seliger, R. (2005). Healthcare IT tipping point.
With the passage of the HITECH Act, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is charged with building an interoperable, private and secure nationwide health information system and supporting the widespread, meaningful use of health information technology.