TN HIMSS News
TN HIMSS Board Member Kevin Johnson: 2018 Nashville Technology Council Hall of Fame Inductee
Congratulations to Kevin Johnson for being named the 2018 Nashville Technology Council Hall of Fame Inductee. Kevin is the Chief Informatics Officer, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor and Chair, Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt...
TN HIMSS Board Member Rebecca Munn Featured for Her Leadership
TN HIMSS Board Member Rebecca Munn has been highlighted by the Nashville Health Care Council for her leadership and innovation in healthcare. Read the article to hear about Rebecca's incredible journey.
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...
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...