Editor's note
Health IT professionals are continuing to adopt innovative technologies that help digitally transform the way healthcare is driven and delivered. They encounter familiar challenges, including cyberattacks on hospitals, health reform hurdles and public health management issues, but also new opportunities like the applications of AI and machine learning to increase efficiencies and the implementation of data analytics tools to improve patient care.
Like many other technology conferences scheduled this year, concerns over the coronavirus have taken a toll on HIMSS Orlando 2020. Amidst a number of notable vendors withdrawing from the conference, the show was officially cancelled on March 5. However, organizers said that plans for a digital conference are in the making.
The annual conference typically draws nearly 45,000 health IT professionals from around the world who come together to connect and learn more about profound technological changes in the healthcare industry.
1Pre-conference news and coverage
Read on to learn more about the decision to cancel HIMSS20, speculation surrounding President Donald Trump's scheduled appearance as a last-minute conference speaker amidst the interoperability rule controversy and insights from leading health IT executives on the latest technological changes in healthcare.
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Blog
HIMSS 2020 to go digital as organizers work out logistics
Despite cancellation of HIMSS 2020 in Orlando due to the coronavirus, a digital version of the conference is being put together -- albeit slowly. Read Now
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Interoperability rule will be in HIMSS spotlight -- again
At HIMSS 2020, federal regulators' proposed interoperability rule will be the talk of the conference, whether it's been finalized or not. Read Now
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ONC, CMS information blocking, interoperability rules finalized
After months of delay, ONC and CMS announced the release of their long-awaited information blocking and interoperability rules. Read Now
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At HIMSS conference, coronavirus threatens to eclipse Trump's talk
President Trump will likely talk about patient empowerment and interoperability at HIMSS 2020 -- all set against a backdrop of growing concern over the coronavirus. Read Now
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Healthcare CIO Marc Probst on embracing change
Intermountain Healthcare CIO Marc Probst, the 2019 CHIME-HIMSS John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year, provided a simple piece of advice to health IT leaders: Pay attention. Read Now