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TN HIMSS Announces Winners of Inaugural Generative AI Hackathon

TN HIMSS Announces Winners of Inaugural Generative AI Hackathon

The Tennessee Chapter of HIMSS is proud to announce the successful conclusion of its Inaugural Hackathon focused on Generative AI in healthcare. This pioneering event, held in Nashville, brought together the brightest minds in technology and healthcare to drive...

Generative AI in Healthcare: Diving Deep at the Tennessee HIMSS Hackathon

Generative AI in Healthcare: Diving Deep at the Tennessee HIMSS Hackathon

By Chris Meyer, Slalom Sales Executive 🌟 Generative AI and healthcare – a pairing brimming with potential. The Tennessee HIMSS Chapter Hackathon Kick-Off provided a lens into this dynamic intersection, presenting insights, concerns, and the vision for a transformative...

Announcing the TN HIMSS Generative AI Healthcare Hackathon

Announcing the TN HIMSS Generative AI Healthcare Hackathon

Team Registrations Are Due By September 29thMiddle Tennessee is known for the many professionals that are passionate about revolutionizing the healthcare industry or for those that have innovative ideas that can shape the future of care. To support that spirit of...

Looking To The Future With President Elect Justin Mooneyhan

Looking To The Future With President Elect Justin Mooneyhan

Greetings to all healthcare and technology enthusiasts! It’s an exciting time that we are living in as it relates to the state of healthcare and technology. There is a palpable buzz going on in the industry with the emergence of advanced technology tools in the...

Data-Driven Decision Making: A Researcher’s Viewpoint

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

14th Cohort Graduates From HIT Workforce Accelerator

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

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

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...