TN HIMSS News
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...
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...
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...
NEWS ALERT!– TN HIMSS and Health:Further Partner for 9th annual Summit of the Southeast at the Health:Further Festival
TN HIMSS and Health:Further Partner to Conduct the 9th Annual Summit of the Southeast at the Health:Further Festival Get your 2017 SOSE tickets here! Nashville, Tenn. – March 28, 2017 – Today the Tennessee HIMSS Chapter and Health:Further announce a...