HIMSS collaborates to collect medical events data
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) EHR Association and the iHealth Alliance (iHA) will work collaboratively to support efforts to develop practical, effective and optimized reporting tools to collect information on medical incidents that may be related to the use of health IT.
The agreement establishes a basis for collaboration between the two organizations to support the iHA’s online reporting service, EHRevent.org, as well as to ensure the data being collected by that service is relevant and timely, and to engage with other stakeholders to broaden participation and support of patient safety reporting efforts, the Chicago-based HIMSS stated.
The EHR Association, led by its Patient Safety Workgroup, will also continue to monitor and engage in other activities and organizations that may be working on health IT-related incident reporting.
The agreement establishes a basis for collaboration between the two organizations to support the iHA’s online reporting service, EHRevent.org, as well as to ensure the data being collected by that service is relevant and timely, and to engage with other stakeholders to broaden participation and support of patient safety reporting efforts, the Chicago-based HIMSS stated.
The EHR Association, led by its Patient Safety Workgroup, will also continue to monitor and engage in other activities and organizations that may be working on health IT-related incident reporting.