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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Cincinnati, Detroit named final Beacon pilot communities

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Sept. 2 that Cincinnati and Detroit are the two final pilot communities selected under the new Beacon Community Program that is using health IT to help tackle leading health problems in communities across the U.S.

Orion Health awarded Maine HIE contract

Maines HealthInfoNet has selected Orion Health as the primary technology provider for its statewide health information exchange (HIE).

Community HIEs, regional IPAs select Greenway

Greenway Medical Technologies has added four health information exchange (HIE) programs, independent physician associations (IPAs) and regional medical centers to its client roster using PrimeSuite, the companys EHR practice management and interoperability system, to connect group practices using clinical, financial and administrative functions.

Heatlh IT Innovation Awards: 5 Health IT Projects that Improved Care

The term innovation may date back to the 15th century, but it is very much alive and well in 2010 medicine. This change in the thought process for doing something, a new method for doing something or the useful application of new inventions or discoveries is at the heart of this months CMIO Health IT Innovation Awards.

Maine HIE selects Health Language for clinical content integration

HealthInfoNet, the nonprofit organization managing the health information exchange (HIE) for the state of Maine, is partnering with medical terminology management company Health Language to assist in the transition from a two-year demonstration project to a full statewide HIE implementation.

Sage releases lastest version of Intergy

Sage North Americas Sage Healthcare Division has released two new products: Sage Intergy version 6.10 and the Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition.

ONC hires Lockheed Martin to assist with NHIN

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has employed Lockheed Martin for two contracts to advance EHRs and secure health information exchanges to support the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), for a total of $9 million over two years.

Along the path to HIE uptake, EHRs play a widening role

Recent conversations with several health IT pros have made clearer the EHR connection to HIEs. As one of the features in this Portal indicates, an EHR can expand clinical information exchange throughout an organization, and can bridge gaps in the exchange process, thus paving the way for HIE connections.

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