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.

RSS icon

Attorney Pritts named as first chief privacy officer for ONC

The Department of Health and Human Services has named Joy L. Pritts, a lawyer, as the first chief privacy officer at its Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).

HIMSS: InSite One to feature enterprise archive service

InSite One (Booth #7555) is highlighting its IHE standards-based vendor-neutral InDex enterprise archive service, which can share patient information in a health information exchange, at the HIMSS10 conference in early March.

Purdue U receives $12M for regional extension center

Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., will receive $12 million to help healthcare providers in Indiana adopt and use health IT with the establishment of the Indiana Healthcare IT Extension Center (I-HITEC).

Agfa lands France info systems install

Diagnostic imaging and health IT solutions provider Agfa Healthcare has entered into an installation agreement with the Montpellier University Hospital System in France.

MEDecision service lets entities share clinical data, images

MEDecision has introduced a new health information exchange service, InFrame, that allows healthcare organizations to share clinical dataincluding diagnostic-quality medical images among themselves and with patients.

Ohio receives $43.3M from ARRA for health IT initiatives

The nonprofit organization Ohio Health Information Partnership (OHIP) has been awarded $43.3 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to help make EHRs more widely available in Ohio.

R.I. to receive $11.3M in ARRA health IT grants

The Rhode Island Quality Institute will receive $11.28 million from two American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grants for health IT.

HHS, DOL release $1B in ARRA funds for health IT adoption, healthcare jobs

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Hilda Solis have released a total of nearly $1 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) awards to help healthcare providers advance the adoption and meaningful use of health IT and train workers for the healthcare jobs.

Displaying 945 - 952 of 1011

Around the web

Cardiovascular Business
FDA says years-long tirzepatide shortage is resolved, will give limited leeway to compounders

The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.

AI in Healthcare
From Capitol Hill to a hospital near you? 5 federal recommendations for healthcare AI policy

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks. 

Cardiovascular Business
Merck spends up to $2B to license new weight loss drug with potential heart benefits

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met.