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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Health Information Exchange: Patient Data on the Move

Healthcare has tried and failed several times before to build sustainable, robust IT networks to share patient records, medical histories and test results among multiple facilities and caregivers across similar geographies.

Nevada creates health IT task force

Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons has formed the Health IT Blue Ribbon Task Force, which will consist of experts and stakeholders in healthcare, IT, government, insurance, business and other industries.

Orion, Cisco release HIE solution

Orion Health and Cisco have jointly released Rhapsody AXP, a health information exchange (HIE) solution to address public health reporting and improve the detection, tracking and response to possible disease outbreaks.

ONC awards AHIMA $1.2M grant for HIE project

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has awarded the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Foundation a one-year, $1.2 million grant to continue the state-level health information exchange (SL-HIE) consensus project to assist states with nationwide HIE adoption, planning and implementation.

NASCIO: State CIOs should be key stakeholders in HIE development

State CIOs and IT executives should establish themselves as key stakeholders in the development of state health information exchanges (HIE), according to a report issued by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).

iSoft enters U.S. market with $15M BridgeForward purchase

Health IT software developer iSoft Group has acquired application integration software developer BridgeForward, in a deal worth up to $14.9 million. The acquisition boosts iSofts portfolio of interoperable solutions for the healthcare market, and gives the Sydney, Australia-based company its first toehold in the United States.

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Cardiovascular Business
ACC urges RFK Jr. to make Medicare reform a priority, warns against mass layoffs

The American College of Cardiology has sent a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that outlines some of the organization’s central priorities and concerns. 

Radiology Business
FDA announces recall of Medtronic interventional radiology devices after 17 injuries, 4 deaths

One product is being pulled from the market, and the other is receiving updated instructions for use.

AI in Healthcare
What federal regulators can learn from the states about AI oversight

If the Trump administration continues taking a laissez-faire stance toward AI—including AI used in healthcare—why not let the states go it alone on regulating the technology?