HIMSS Value Score - Measuring the Value of Health IT
Mark Tomaino has spent more than five years as a senior operating executive with Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in New York. In this role, Mark Tomaino is responsible for identifying and pursuing promising health-care information technology investments. As one of the leading organizations in the health-care IT industry, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recently announced the industry’s first international quality measurement to determine the worth of health IT. The Value Score will enable the international health community to assess the financial and clinical value of health IT, rather than simply looking at initial implementation. With the Value Score, the health-care industry will be able to more effectively implement IT to improve care, enhance clinical outcomes, and promote positive financial results. The Value Score is designed to set health IT value standards for a health-care industry that is heading toward a new era of innovation and technology. So far, HIMSS has created the Value Score guidelines, and the organization has begun working on the scoring algorithm.