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Announcing HealthTech Growth Marketing Series: What it takes to succeed in a loud and crowded market.
This market is not for the faint of heart. It requires a smart and substantial effort to get your message through. Do you have what it takes? Designed for CEOs, product managers, marketers, and sales professionals, this powerful three-part series will be...
From Healthy Lifestyles to Artificial Intelligence And More: TN HIMSS Summit23 Recap
by: Golden Spiral TN HIMSS held its annual Summit in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 23. A full-day educational and networking event with leading industry speakers and innovators, Summit23 provided an overview of the quickly changing health IT landscape. Above...
June 9th: Annual Chapter Golf Tournament
June 9: TN HIMSS Golf Tournament Save the date for our annual golf tournament. Our third annual event is a great opportunity to enjoy a fun afternoon in the sun with your fellow chapter members. Look for more details to follow soon. Contact Tiffany Madigan for more...
Data-Driven Decision Making: A Researcher’s Viewpoint
by Jeff Schar, Sendero Managing Director and Nashville Market Lead Data isn’t new to the healthcare scene. But the current volume of data is. People are dedicating their careers to developing the systems, methods, and technologies we need to most effectively analyze...
TN HIMSS’ Health IT Workforce Accelerator Program Graduates 15th Cohort
Congratulations to graduates of the Fall 2022 TN HIMSS and Belmont University Health IT Workforce Accelerator. This marks the 15th graduating class, with nearly 200 graduates since the Workforce Acclerator's first class The graduates and their companies are:...
Message From New TN Chapter President Brad Morrow
I officially became the President of TN HIMSS on July 1, 2022. I would like to thank the Board of Directors for their confidence in me to lead this organization. TN HIMSS is one of the largest and most respected HIMSS Chapters in the nation. In the past we have been...
August Board Meeting Sets Tone For New Year
By Tommy Lewis, TN HIMSS Board Member, Past President and EVP and Chief Operating Officer of Tivity Health On August 11, the TN HIMSS Board of Directors held its first official Board meeting of its fiscal year. It was a great opportunity for the new Board members to...
How Health IT Can Divert the Silver Tsunami, Other Challenges of PACs
The Silver Tsunami is here, and the U.S. healthcare system is starting to feel the weight of those Baby Boomers entering the retirement years. More and more, people are living longer –- (there’s more people at that point in their lives than ever before) and most Baby...
Brad Morrow Assumes Chapter President Role, New Board Members Added
Introducing Our 2022-2023 Board Members New Chapter President Brad Morrow Beginning July 1, Brad Morrow of MDClone assumed the TN HIMSS Chapter Board President position for the 2022-2024 term and previous president, Tod Fetherling of Huron Consulting has moved to...
TN HIMSS Annual Golf Tournament Turns Up The Heat In June
The TN HIMSS' annual golf tournament kicked off the summer with fun, networking and a little competition from the Health IT space in Tennessee. The winning teams were: 1st: Team Trinisys 2nd: Team Anaplan 3rd: Team Huron Consulting Group Congratulations to the TN...
Summit22 Showed That Healthcare Is Progressing Regardless Of The Pandemic
Healthcare innovation is alive and well. At least that’s the message that came out of TN HIMSS’ Summit22 held April 21. More than 200 attendees participated in the one-day event, which offered in-depth content and networking opportunities. From the Summit...
14th Cohort Graduates From HIT Workforce Accelerator
Congratulations to graduates of the Fall 2021 TN HIMSS and Belmont University Health IT Workforce Accelerator. This marks the 14th graduating class and over 150 graduates since the Workforce Acclerator’s inception. The graduates and their companies are: Patrick Burke...
Using Technology to Address Social Determinants of Health
by Jennifer LeMieux, Chief Operating Officer, HealthTechS3 and GAFFEY Healthcare/TN HIMSS Program Committee Chair Whether your organization is a hospital, a federally qualified health clinic or a physician’s practice, social determinants of health should be an...
HIT Like a Girl Podcast Hike
By Hannah Gray, Belmont Student/Intern at Perception Health After a wild year of social distancing, business closings, and all things virtual, the HIT Like a Girl Podcast decided to take things outdoors. Rather than cancelling hundreds of opportunities to connect and...
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: The Challenge of Managing Healthcare Data in the Cloud
by Jon Moore, MS, JD, HCISSP, Chief Risk Officer and Head of Consulting Services, Clearwater Seeking flexibility, scalability, and cost savings, an increasing number of healthcare organizations are moving systems and data to the Cloud. This trend is accelerating,...
Tennessee Chapter of HIMSS Welcomes New President-Elect, Seven New Board Members
At its annual board meeting on June 19, the Tennessee chapter of HIMSS, welcomed its president-elect, Brad Morrow, Senior Vice President of 3D Technology Group. Chapter officers and its Board of Directors also appointed seven new members to the Board. Morrow and the...
HIMSS21 and Tennessee Chapter Reception: Make The Most Of Your Membership
After a year in which HIMSS saw its annual conference conducted virtually, HIMSS21 is set to kickoff with an in-person option on August 9th in Las Vegas. Registration is now open for either “live” or digital attendance. The agenda is jam packed with relevant,...
13th Cohort Completes TN HIMSS’ and Belmont University Health IT Workforce Accelerator
Congratulations to the 13th graduating cohort of the TN HIMSS and Belmont University Health IT Workforce Accelerator. The graduating students and their companies are: Stacey Abernathy BCBS of Tennessee Mario Denson BCBS of Tennessee Scott Dever HCA Healthcare...
Joint Webinar with University of Tennessee On Healthcare Careers and Informatics Valuable For Members
by Tom Berg, Fellow, Strategy Director, Associate Professor at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Nursing The Tennessee Chapter of HIMSS and The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Health Informatics Graduate Certificate Program co-hosted a webinar the...
2020: A Year For The History Books: An Update On The Chapter’s Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives
by Josh Scales: TN HIMSS Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chair/Founder & CEO of Uniti Health, LLC As we take the time to reflect on the past year, I think we all can agree that 2020 was a year for the history books! The pandemic has been devastating for millions...