Whois & Analysis for himssconference.org

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is an American not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving health care in quality, safety, cost-effectiveness, and access through the best use of information technology and management systems.

It was founded in 1961 as the Hospital Management Systems Society.

It is now headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

The society has more than 50,000 individual members, over 570 corporate members, and more than 225 not-for-profit organizations.

HIMSS is a US 501(c)6 organization.

Health information technology (HIT) is information technology applied to health and health care (including the aged care market).

It supports health information management across computerized systems and the secure exchange of health information between consumers, providers, payers, and quality monitors.

Based on an often-cited 2008 report on a small series of studies conducted at four sites that provide ambulatory care–three U.S. medical centers and one in the Netherlands– the use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) was viewed as the most promising tool for improving the overall quality, safety and efficiency of the health delivery system.

Global health is the health of populations in the global context; it has been defined as "the area of study, research and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide".

Problems that transcend national borders or have a global political and economic impact are often emphasized.

Thus, global health is about worldwide health improvement (including mental health), reduction of disparities, and protection against global threats that disregard national borders.

Global health is not to be confused with international health, which is defined as the branch of public health focusing on developing nations and foreign aid efforts by industrialized countries.

Global health can be measured as a function of various global diseases and their prevalence in the world and threat to decrease life in the present day.