INFRAM

As part of our National Health IT Week blog series, we are concentrating on modernizing health infrastructure, with a particularly focus on the impact to patient, clinician, and IT experiences. We will look at how the consistent and systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-relat…

National Health IT Week is nationwide action week founded by HIMSS and the Institute for e-Policy. It focuses on driving change within the U.S. health system and around the world through information and technology. This year’s themes focus on supporting healthy communities. The goal is to drive tran…

“‘Murder by pacemaker’” isn’t a real thing, is it?” my friend asked. She’d been binging on Netflix and caught a TV drama in which the victim’s pacemaker was hacked. From a remote location, the hacker—a murderer for hire—was able to access the device, accelerate the victim’s heart rate, and cause car…

In a few short weeks (June 9th through 13th), Cisco Live attendees will be taking the San Diego Convention Center by storm. Here’s what you need to know before you go. Cisco Live was established almost three decades ago and is our world-renowned annual customer and partner conference that is designe…

The pace of change is accelerating exponentially. Especially in healthcare, it’s being driven by technologies that are transforming the experience for both patients and clinicians. Clinicians need to be connected and mobile to deliver better patient care at the bedside, which really means making cri…

This is an exciting day for healthcare IT leaders who’ve been working to integrate information technology into care delivery. Today, HIMSS Analytics announced its new Infrastructure Adoption Model or INFRAM. The INFRAM measures the relative levels of adoption of technical infrastructure used within…

One of the most dramatic changes in healthcare over the past 15 years has been the integration of information technology into care delivery. These innovations in clinical applications are great, but they may have a less-than-desired impact without the network connectivity that feeds them information…

Back at HIMSS18, we announced that we are working with HIMSS Analytics to inform the HIMSS Analytics Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM), the first ever infrastructure maturity model offered through HIMSS Analytics. We are excited about the work HIMSS Analytics has done on this model since then.…

HIMSS18 is now in our rear-view mirrors. As usual, it was a whirlwind of a week — one full of interesting and engaging exhibits and sessions that revealed the top trends and conversations in Health IT. Attendance this year set new records! As of Friday, HIMSS reported the official count at 43,979 pr…