HIMSS, Guidehouse partner to deploy Digital Health Indicator in Missouri

Administration consulting firm Guidehouse introduced it’s partnering with MobiHealthNews’ father or mother firm, the Healthcare Info and Administration Techniques Society (HIMSS), to measure the present state of Missouri’s Division of Well being and Senior Companies (DHSS) public well being info.

The companions will use the HIMSS Digital Well being Indicator (DHI) to survey the Missouri DHSS public health-data panorama throughout the company, together with its divisions, bureaus and native public well being authorities.

The DHI measures 4 dimensions of digital well being, together with governance and well being, predictive analytics, interoperability and person-enabled well being. 

It evaluates knowledge governance and safety, how effectively digital well being is built-in into workflows, how interoperable well being programs are, and pinpoints hidden knowledge change points. 

It explores the supply of superior predictive analytics throughout medical observe and operations, and it evaluates person-enabled well being, akin to affected person portals. 

Moreover, Guidehouse will work with stakeholders all through Missouri and with DHSS leaders to assemble enter into the evaluation from the suitable entities and people. 

HIMSS will then present an evaluation of Missouri’s DHSS to find out the place its strengths lie and supply suggestions on the place enhancements may be made. 

“Enhancing the well being of Missouri communities requires a transparent understanding of our present digital well being maturity panorama,” Dr. Josh Wymer, chief well being info and knowledge technique officer on the Missouri DHSS, mentioned in a press release. 

“We sit up for working with Guidehouse and HIMSS to establish strengths and alternatives to tell a complete digital well being technique designed to extend system capability and enhance inhabitants well being.”

THE LARGER TREND

Final yr, the Nationwide Well being Insurance coverage Administration of Taiwan and HIMSS signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to boost the nation’s digital well being transformation.

The MOU would leverage HIMSS’ DHI and Digital Maturity Fashions to give attention to 4 key areas: inhabitants well being, digital capability constructing, cybersecurity resilience and workforce growth.

In 2022, Samsung Medical Heart in South Korea secured a high rating for the HIMSS Digital Well being Indicator, and earlier this yr achieved a most rating of 400 for the DHI.