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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IHIT solicits HIE ideas for $10.3M grant

The board of directors of Indiana Health IT (IHIT) is soliciting project ideas for the $10.3 million federal grant the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration received in March.

HIMSS honors six health IT leaders

Recognizing contributions to advance health IT in the U.S., the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has honored six individuals at the state and federal levels for fostering the use of health IT in government and private industry.

HIE, NHIN, DURSA and you

The Multi-party legal agreements for HIE webinar/live presentation of the National eHealth Collaborative's Stakeholder Forum set aside about an hour for questions and answers. It was good planning, because there were plenty of questions.

Webinar: DURSA is too complex to work, and other myths

Its difficult to separate health information exchange from the matter of trust, said Steven Gravely, JD, a partner at the law firm of Troutman Sanders, at a webinar titled Multi-party legal agreements for HIE during the recent National eHealth Collaborative's Stakeholder Forum.

Regenstrief, Indiana U offer new IT grad programs

In collaboration with the biomedical and public health informatics research foundation Regenstrief Institute, the Indiana University School of Informatics in Indianapolis will create specialized one- and two-year graduate programs to address the health IT workforce needs.

Minnesota HIE conducts pilot with aging services

The Minnesota Health Information Exchange (MN HIE) will conduct a pilot project with Aging Services of Minnesota at 12 of their member settings. This group of care centers and assisted-living providers will use MN HIEs standalone web services to view long-term care patients clinical information.

Michigan orgs launch statewide HIE

Five Michigan hospital systemsLakeland Health System, Metro Health, Northern Michigan Regional Health System, Spectrum Health and Trinity Healthhave established Michigan Health Connect, a statewide health information exchange (HIE).

eClinicalWorks expands customer base, headquarters

Health IT company eClinicalWorks said the nonprofit NYC Regional Electronic Adoption Center for Health has selected its EMR and practice management system as options for providers in New York City.

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