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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HIMSS acquires Health 2.0 conferences

The Health 2.0 conferences, which focused on start-up technologies in healthcare, will now be under the banner of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

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Health 2.0 conferences acquired by HIMSS

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has acquired the conference component of Health 2.0, focused on start-up digital technologies in healthcare.

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Donald Rucker, former Siemens CMO, named new ONC chief

The next head of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will be Donald Rucker, MD, a choice the industry was quick to praise once word of the pick leaked on March 31 due to an updated listing in the HHS employee directory.

ONC updates health IT guidelines to improve real-world decision making

In a March 21 blog post, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced updates to its Safety Assurance Factors for Electronic Health Record Resilience (SAFER) guidelines, aimed at easing safety concerns associated with electronic health records (EHRs).

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Q&A: Informatics expert sets off alarms on alert fatigue

In an exclusive interview with Clinical Innovation & Technology, Shobha Phansalkar, RPh, PhD, director of informatics and clinical innovation at Wolters Kluwer Clinical Drug Information, explained the impact of alert fatigue on clinicians and the challenges it presents to electronic medical records and interoperability. 

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HIMSS 2017: Transition to value means informatics belong in C-suite

The evolution of medical informatics and the importance of collecting, understanding and acting upon data means a clinical informatics leader should be a part of any hospital or health system’s C-suite, according to a panel of experts at HIMSS 2017.

Siemens Healthineers establishes global Digital Ecosystem to drive digitalization of healthcare

Siemens Healthineers establishes digital platform for healthcare providers as well as for providers of solutions and services

Road map outlines steps for states to improve HIE

Achieving nationwide interoperability means navigating legal and market-based barriers. The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices has published a road map to assist governors and state leaders in advancing policies for the safe exchange of patient information between providers.

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