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By Paddy Padmanabhan | 04:09 pm | March 18, 2021
With its promise of virtual care in all 50 states, this is the first time a big tech firm will be directly in the healthcare services business. Will it be another failed experiment, or the breakthrough we've been waiting for?
By Mike Draugelis | 05:01 pm | March 17, 2021
Health systems that refuse to see themselves as engineering houses risk falling behind in their ability to properly leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning.
By Sam Shah | 07:05 am | March 09, 2021
What still seems to be missing from the criteria is any assessment of the evidence of how well a product works and to what extent, says Prof Sam Shah, chief medical strategy officer, Numan.
By Bogi Eliasen | 10:54 am | March 03, 2021
A bold vision for data-driven Latin American health, illustrated by a Peruvian pilot.
By Armin Scheuer | 11:12 am | March 02, 2021
Germany will soon be embarking on a national project to assess the digital maturity of its 2,000 hospitals. If it focuses on understanding the impact on clinicians and patients, it can catch up with the world’s digital health leaders, says Armin Scheuer, VP international business development, HIMSS. 
By Ali Modaressi | 04:32 pm | February 04, 2021
As COVID-19 continues to surge in Los Angeles, LANES is enabling free-flowing data insights – medical, behavioral and socioeconomic ─ to close information gaps and improve clinical decision support for better outcomes.
By Louise Rains-Gomez | 03:43 pm | January 26, 2021
Compliance is a serious, enforceable matter – and must be properly addressed in the context of the workplace challenges and changes that have emerged amid the pandemic. 
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By Joyoti Goswami | 12:33 pm | January 22, 2021
CIOs need to look beyond just EHRs and explore stand-alone platforms to enhance care delivery – keeping focused on reliable patient data and streamlined clinical workflows.
By Charles Alessi | 02:55 am | January 20, 2021
We are witnessing a race in the vaccine rollout. A race towards the light at the end of a tunnel and a race which will likely define the next few years, according to Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS. 
By Bogi Eliasen | 03:01 am | January 19, 2021
The right to health, not just the access to healthcare, requires a holistic understanding of how we can provide a better quality of life and wellbeing for the individual and society, argues Bogi Eliasen, director of health at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies and a member of the HIMSS Future50 Community.

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