The Blog
2018 Summit of the Southeast A Recap…..and, a Request
On August 28th and 29th, your Tennessee Chapter of HIMSS hosted the 10th Summit of the Southeast at the Music City Center in downtown Nashville. This year’s Summit was the second time we partnered with Health:Further. HCA, PYA and Waller were the primary event...
Q&A with TN HIMSS Amabassador Justin Mooneyhan
Where do you work, how long have you been there, and what kinds of projects are you working on? I am currently employed at LifePoint Health as the Director of Clinical Technology – Ambulatory/Post-Acute Systems. I have been at LifePoint for about 3.5 years. I lead a...
Message From Tommy Lewis: Greatest Privilege as President of TN HIMSS
It has been one of the greatest privileges of my professional career to serve as President of the HIMSS TN Chapter for the past two years. Sure, it’s been a lot of work and taken a great deal of time, but I would not trade it for anything. Every president...
Seventh Cohort Graduates from Health IT Workforce Accelerator
July 10, 2018 Fifteen students recently completed the seventh cohort of the TN HIMSS and Belmont University Health IT Workforce Accelerator graduated, putting the program well over 100 students since it started three years ago. Designed for healthcare professionals of...
TN HIMSS Welcomes New President, Two New Board Members
Nashville, Tenn. - July 5, 2018 – The Tennessee chapter of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has welcomed the election of its new President, and the appointment of two new members to its Board of Directors. All new members officially took...
TN HIMSS Supports Governor Haslam’s Pain and Addiction Medicine Education Committee
by Caleb Graves, Advocacy Committee Chair and Board Member The opioid crisis in our state continues to spiral into dangerous territory. Deaths from opioid related overdoses now outnumber those from vehicle accidents, homicide or suicide. In 2016, more than...
TN HIMSS Kicks Off 2018 With Advocacy Initiatives
By Caleb Graves, TN HIMSS Advocacy Chair To kickoff 2018, TN HIMSS teamed up with the Nashville Technology Council to meet with Tennessee state legislators to advocate for the advancement of the Healthcare Information Technology community. On February 6, TN HIMSS...
Chapter Support for Nursing Terminology Standardization
By Guice Smith, Managing Partner of Guice Smith & Associates and TN HIMSS Board Member/VP of Collaboration Representing TN HIMSS, I had the pleasure of recently supporting the 3rd Annual Clinical Care Classification (CCC) User Meeting at...
Fall 2017 Health IT Workforce Accelerator Graduates 6th Cohort
100 Students Have Received Certificates On Monday, December 11 students in the sixth cohort of the TN HIMSS and Belmont University Health IT Workforce Accelerator graduated, marking more than 100 graduates since the program started three years ago....
Congratulations to Randy V. Bradley–Elected to HIMSS Nominating Committee
Congratulations to Randy V. Bradley–Elected to HIMSS Nominating Committee Voting for the HIMSS North America (HNA) Nominating Committee is officially over and one of our own TN HIMSS members, Randy V. Bradley, was elected to the committee. His term will...
Latest CIO Roundtable Offers Chance to “Innovate and Collaborate”
Latest CIO Roundtable Offers Chance to “Innovate and Collaborate” by Eric Thrailkill, VP and CIO of Ambulatory Services, Envision Healthcare On November 2, 2017, I had the opportunity to facilitate and host the second Tennessee HIMSS CIO Roundtable Event...
Remaining True To Its Purpose: Health IT Holds Promise For Improved Care Through Innovation
Celebrating 2017's National HIT Week by Tom Mitchell, TN HIMSS VP of Marketing/Board Member For more than 2,500 years, the Hippocratic Oath has stood the test of time in establishing the ethical and purposeful principles of medicine and its practitioners. Those...
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Partners with TN HIMSS and Belmont University to bring HIT Workforce Education to Chattanooga Region
Nashville, Tenn. – August 8, 2017 – The Tennessee HIMSS Chapter and the Center for Executive Education at Belmont University will partner with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee to bring a 14-week certification program to healthcare information technology (HIT)...
TN HIMSS Announces New President Elect, Three New Members
Nashville, Tenn. -- August 1, 2017 -- TN HIMSS today announced the election of its next President-Elect and the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors. New member’s join the society’s board, effective July 1, 2017: President-Elect - Eric...
Identifying the Biggest and Best Blockchain Opportunities in Healthcare
By Aaron Symanski, CTO, Change Healthcare You’ve probably heard the word bandied about and wondered, “What’s all the fuss about ‘blockchain’?” Simply put, blockchain is an open, continuous, and secure ledger stored online that can't be altered. Its users can track...
Embracing the Innovation Challenge at the Tennessee Chapter of HIMSS
By Eric Thrailkill, President Elect, TN HIMSS; VP and CIO of Ambulatory Services, Envision Healthcare; Earlier this year, the Tennessee Chapter of HIMSS announced a partnership with Health:Further to offer more education and professional development at this...
Blockchain in Healthcare: Q&A with the CEO of Hashed Health, John Bass
Next week hundreds of healthcare thought leaders and professionals will gather at the 9th annual TN HIMSS Summit of the Southeast during the Health:Further festival. TN HIMSS is the exclusive Health IT programming partner at the Festival, providing thought-provoking...
Escaping the Cybersecurity Chaos: A Different Healthcare Crisis Is Brewing
No Firm Answers With A Long Road Ahead One errant click on an email can shut down a hospital. If you don’t believe me, just ask the hospitals that have had a cybersecurity attack over the last several years. These haven’t been small hospitals, but notable health...
Blog Spotlight: A Model for Transformational Change Across a Healthcare Enterprise
A Model for Transformational Change Across a Healthcare Enterprise As a member of HIMSS and a board member of the TN chapter, I’m fortunate to gain great insight into a range of topics I would otherwise not be able to experience. One such presentation was by Eric...
Insights into the IT organizational structure, strategy and shared services of a $10B company
The ongoing mission in TN HIMSS is to add value and education for our members and to assist our members in growing their healthcare careers. We do this through our HIT workforce development program and thru events like this! These programs are ideal for members that...