Healthcare Information And Management Systems Society
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality, safety, cost-effectiveness, and access, through the best use of information technology and management systems. Originally founded in 1961 as the Hospital Management Systems Society, it is now headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The society includes more than 35,000 individual members, over 520 corporate members, and more than 120 not-for-profit organizations. HIMSS is a US 501(c)6 organization.
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