HIMSS, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, is a global mission-driven association focused on improving health and healthcare through information and technology. It serves a broad community of healthcare providers, innovators, and policymakers and promotes digital health transformation, professional development, and public policy engagement.
Health information technology, digital health transformation, interoperability, data standards, telehealth, cybersecurity, AI in healthcare, workforce development, and public policy related to modernizing health systems.
Primarily funded through membership dues, conferences and events, sponsorships, educational programs, and related services.
HIMSS works with healthcare providers, nonprofit partners, corporate members, and government stakeholders; it is closely associated with its global chapters, conferences, and policy and advocacy activities. Prominent leaders are its executive leadership team and board, though no single high-profile individual defines the organization.
Non-profit membership association
