HIMSS Europe launching the Kate Granger Awards for Compassionate Care
The award is named after an English doctor who worked tirelessly to raise awareness around compassion in healthcare whilst undergoing treatment for cancer.
HIMSS, CHIME team-up to transform healthcare across the globe
The newly formed HIMSS-CHIME International organization will offer exclusive healthcare IT executive boot camps, leadership academies, certifications and events.
AMA adopts mHealth app principles
The list of principles is designed to guide coverage and payment policies supporting the use of mHealth apps and associated devices.
This USB stick can test HIV levels in less than 30 minutes
The device needs a single drop of blood to work, measuring the levels of HIV-1, changing the acidity and transmitting the results as an electrical signal.
New digital healthcare award launched in Europe by HIMSS and Elsevier
Nominations for the category on "Outstanding ICT Achievement Award" are now open to all European public and private healthcare providers.
HIMSS Europe announces Women in Health IT Community
The initiative aims to give women a platform to share experiences and enable them to work together to close gender gaps.
New platform to allow patients to become partners in research
Called Hugo, the platform was developed to allow people to acquire their health-related data as well as use it to participate in studies.
ONC unveils Move Data Forward Challenge with $250K in prizes
The challenge invites interested parties to create an API to allow people to securely authorize the movement of their health data to destinations they choose.
Sensing tool could measure your lung function over phone call
Called SpiroCall, it targets people who have asthma, cystic fibrosis, or other lung disease, and have no way to measure how well their lungs are functioning.
Hacking Medicine Institute unveils app review program
Called RANKED Health, it aims to provide unbiased and accurate information to help accelerate patient and provider adoption of digital health solutions.









