Purpose:
HIMSS leadership believes that healthcare information technology and management systems can increase the effectiveness, safety and quality of patient care. This vision leads directly to the need for electronic health records and clinical information systems throughout the nation's healthcare enterprises. The Enterprise Information Systems Steering Committee leads the Society in working toward the goal of EHRs in use in 80 percent of healthcare organization and 50 percent of physician practices by 2010.
Chair Person:
Jack Corley
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Advanced Technology Institute
Contact:
JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, PMP
HIMSS Staff Liaison
Director, Healthcare Information Systems
215-766-1751
jklinedinst@himss.org
Purpose:
The Davies Ambulatory Care Award recognizes practices that have successfully implemented an electronic health record (EHR). The award is given annually to an independent practice with no more than 32 physicians. The Davies Ambulatory Care Committee selects award recipients and updates selection criteria to ensure the integrity and respect of the program.
Chair Person:
Nancy R. Babbitt
Administrator
Roswell Pediatric Center, P.C.
Contact:
Pat Wise, RN, MA, MSN
Vice President, HIS
HIMSS
Phone: (706) 650-1482
pwise@himss.org
Purpose:
The Davies Organizational Award annually recognizes healthcare provider organizations for their successful EHR implementation and information-sharing initiatives to improve healthcare delivery. The Davies Organizational Committee selects award recipients and updates selection criteria to ensure the integrity and respect of the program.
Chair Person:
Joy G. Keeler
Deputy Director
NORC
Contact:
Pat Wise, RN, MA, MSN
Vice President, HIS
HIMSS
Phone: (706) 650-1482
pwise@himss.org
Purpose:
To form a HIMSS interdisciplinary group to examine the issue of reliable linking of patient health information needed to encompass a range of situations as well as to provide a variety of options.
Chair Person:
Randy Thomas, FHIMSS
Service Area Leader, Advisory Services
Healthlink, a division of IBM
Contact:
JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, PMP
HIMSS Staff Liaison
Director, Healthcare Information Systems
215-766-1751
jklinedinst@himss.org
Purpose:
The Davies Public Health Award of Excellence promotes excellence in the development and utilization of systems that creatively and effectively utilize electronic data to further improve the health of a defined community. The Davies Public Health Committee selects award recipients and updates selection criteria to ensure the integrity and respect of the program.
Chair Person:
Steven Steindel, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for Standards and Vocabulary
Centers for Disease Control
Contact:
Pat Wise, RN, MA, MSN
Vice President, HIS
HIMSS
Phone: (706) 650-1482
pwise@himss.org
Purpose:
To identify best practices for the clinical systems evaluation, selection, implementation, testing, and maintenance.
Chair Person:
TBD
Contact:
JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, PMP
HIMSS Staff Liaison
Director, Healthcare Information Systems
215-766-1751
jklinedinst@himss.org
Purpose:
To produce a revised, updated, and expanded HER Implementation Toolkit.
Chair Person:
Joe Miller, FHIMSS
Director, E- Commerce
Keystone Mercy Health Plan
Contact:
JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, PMP
HIMSS Staff Liaison
Director, Healthcare Information Systems
215-766-1751
jklinedinst@himss.org
Purpose:
To focus on key integration issues in the enterprise setting as related to clinical and business information systems.
Chair Person:
Bill Young, CIO, Ellis Hospital
Contact:
JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, PMP
HIMSS Staff Liaison
Director, Healthcare Information Systems
215-766-1751
jklinedinst@himss.org
Purpose:
To identify US enterprise off-shoring of IT-related functions
Chair Person:
TBD
Contact:
JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, PMP
HIMSS Staff Liaison
Director, Healthcare Information Systems
215-766-1751
jklinedinst@himss.org
Purpose:
To identify best practices in EHR implementation and integration efforts from countries other than US.
Chair Person:
Steve Arnold, MD, President and CEO, Healthcare Consultants International
Contact:
JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, PMP
HIMSS Staff Liaison
Director, Healthcare Information Systems
215-766-1751
jklinedinst@himss.org
Purpose:
To promote the profession of management engineering among the members of HIMSS by providing opportunities for collaboration and professional development of Management Engineers in healthcare organizations.
Chair Person:
Cindy McKinney, MBA, FHIMSS, Business Consulting Services, Healthlink
Contact:
JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, PMP
HIMSS Staff Liaison
Director, Healthcare Information Systems
215-766-1751
jklinedinst@himss.org
Purpose:
Overall goal is to complete development, review and introduction of the creation of a national database of clinical systems benefits information with the pilot version of the database in 2006. Over time this database will develop into a benchmarking tool that may be used to guide implementation planning and benefits realization efforts.
Chair Person:
Douglas Thompson
Senior Strategist
First Consulting Group
Contact:
JoAnn W. Klinedinst, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, PMP
HIMSS Staff Liaison
Director, Healthcare Information Systems
215-766-1751
jklinedinst@himss.org
