eHealth Special Interest Group
2003 White paper
The application of Internet and other related
technologies in the healthcare industry to
improve the access, efficiency, effectiveness,
and quality of clinical and business processes
utilized by healthcare organizations,
practitioners, patients, and consumers to
improve the health status of patients.
Just a short walk from…The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
This is from IBM – the first computer to manage hospital admission data in 1961
I participated in the development of this white paper before the topic was widely accepted
HIMSS developed a committee to define the scope of personal health records in 2005
In 2012, the Connected Patient Committee was founded and helped write this book. This year there are 7 task forces under the connected patient initiative
There is also a strong presence at our annual conference
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) now a partners with HIMSS for our own hackathon focused on connecting health IT systems to each other, such as, imaging systems with the EMR
Now an annual event attended by 5000
Title of a recent HIMSS blog post but PGHD also a task force
Are we in the post-EMR era – from the EMR to mobile apps to wearables like smart phones.
I want to leave you with 4 take aways which represent some principles HIMSS is trying to achieve