Informatics

The goal of health informatics systems is to enable smooth transfer of data and cybersecurity across the healthcare enterprise. This includes patient information, images, subspecialty reporting systems, lab results, scheduling, revenue management, hospital inventory, and many other health IT systems. These systems include the electronic medical record (EMR) admission discharge and transfer (ADT) system, hospital information system (HIS), radiology picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), cardiovascular information systems (CVIS), archive solutions including cloud storage and vendor neutral archives (VNA), and other medical informatics systems.

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Q&A: Rural Washington HIE builds on physicians efforts

Kittitas Valley Community Hospitals health information exchange (HIE) grew out of a physician communitys quest for better communications and efficiency, said Don A. Solberg, MD, chief medical officer at Kittitas Valley in Ellensburg, Wash. Several years ago, primary care physicians in the community started to explore their EHR options, eventually standardizing on NextGen Healthcares platform and a shared community network called NextGen Health Information Exchange.

Digital pathology added to DICOM standards

The College of American Pathologists (CAP) has contributed to the expansion of the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) medical image exchange standard, Supplement 145, for the accommodation of pathology.

Prematics, Availity extend contract

E-prescribing and care communication services company Prematics has entered into a multi-year contract extension with health information exchange (HIE) company Availity.

Ohio garners $804K in health IT grants

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced $804,000 in new federal funds last week to help Ohio's critical access and rural healthcare facilities utilize health IT.

Carolinas health system chooses Medicity for HIE creation

Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS), a healthcare organization affiliated with 32 hospitals in North Carolina and South Carolina, has selected Medicity as its partner to build a multi-state health information exchange (HIE).

Columbus Regional Hospital joins Indiana HIE

Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, Ind., has joined the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE), linking to more than 65 hospitals, long-term care facilities and other healthcare providers to access information for patient care.

Markle: Downloadable health info is crucial for meaningful use

A simple way for patients to download their health information is a crucial part of improving healthcare quality and efficiency, and can enhance safety, promote patient engagement and protect privacy, according to Markle Connecting for Health, a public-private healthcare IT collaborative sponsored by the Markle Foundation.

MedLink, Thrasys align on cloud-based HIE for RHIOs, large hospitals

MedLink has entered into a partnership with Thrasys to provide interoperability and health record management based on the San Francisco-based Thrasys SyntraNet, a cloud-based health information exchange (HIE) and collaboration network.

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