Associations

ESD maintains close ties with the top organizations in healthcare to participate in and lead global healthcare conversations, information sharing and more for the advancement of HIT technology and best practices. These relationships include:

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders with a trusted environment to collaborate; exchange best practices; address professional development needs. A hallmark of the organization’s success has been a close collaborative relationship with the H.I.S. vendor and consulting community. Visit  cio-chime.org to learn more.

KLAS is a research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting the performance of healthcare vendors. Working together with executives from over 4500 hospitals and over 2500 clinics, KLAS delivers timely reports, trends, and statistics, which provide a solid overview of vendor performance in the industry. KLAS measures performance of software, professional service, and medical equipment vendors to help healthcare providers make more informed technology decisions. Visit: http://www.klasresearch.com/Research/Products/?ID=54250 to view ESD’s scores.

The Medical Users Software Exchange (MUSE) is a non-profit organization that supports healthcare organizations using MEDITECH developed software and technologies. MUSE provides a user-driven networking environment that connects the largest independent MEDITECH users group in the world for the purposes of learning, problem solving, training and more so members can continually improve organizational performance. Visit museweb.org to learn more.

HISTalk is much highly-followed and influential industry website, blog and forum focused on mainly Healthcare IT. The site provides articles, interviews and commentary on HIT and HIT Vendors while serving as an arena for industry professionals to share insights, thoughts and experiences. ESD is a Platinum Sponsor to help support this industry resource. Visit histalk2.com to learn more.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of the healthcare. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to quality patient care. Visit himss.org to learn more.

The purpose of ANIA-CARING is to advance the field of nursing informatics through communication, education, research and professional activities. Our Mission is to provide education, networking, and information resources that enrich and strengthen the roles in the field of nursing informatics. ESD is a proud member of ANIA, and participates via sponsorship and exhibiting opportunities at their annual conference to network with informatics professionals from across the country.