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Founded in 1961, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a not-for-profit professional membership organization based in Chicago, IL, dedicated to providing leadership in healthcare for the management of technology, information, and change.
The HIMSS membership profile includes CEO’s, CIO’s, COO’s, CFO’s, senior managers, IS technical staff, management engineers, physicians, nurses, business consultants, attorneys, financial advisors, technology vendors academicians, and students.
HIMSS members apply their expertise in a variety of settings: hospitals, clinical group practices, healthcare system corporations, provider and payer organizations, government, healthcare consulting firms and more.
Effective July 1, 2001, HIMSS national members received a new benefit: automatic membership in a HIMSS Chapter. We call this new benefit HIMSS Unified Membership.
HIMSS has more than 45 chapters and more than 20,000 members working in healthcare organizations throughout the world. Chapters provide valuable links between healthcare professionals in close proximity.
HIMSS chapters regularly meet to learn from expert speakers, share knowledge, and network. To keep members posted on industry and HIMSS events chapter publish newsletters and maintain Web sites, such as the one you are visiting. Chapters may also offer educational sessions designed to help you in your workplace. They are one of the best resources you can have for keeping abreast of local issues – right in your own backyard.
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Membership Dues: (US dollars)
- Regular Member – $140.00
- Chapter Local Service Only Member – $30.00
- Full-time Student Membership – $30.00
HIMSS dues are nontransferable and nonrefundable. HIMSS membership dues are not deductible as a charitable contribution for federal tax purposes. When you apply for membership, be sure to select the chapter of your choice as the local chapter with which you want to be affiliated.
To access the on-line membership application, click here, or contact the HIMSS Office at (312) 664-4467 or request an application via e-mail at [email protected].