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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U. of Chicago launching clinical data commons for oncology

BOSTON—Clinical data commons is the latest initiative at the University of Chicago that aims to foster innovation around data. 

HHS guidance limits medical copy fees to $6.50

A flat fee for copies of medical records shouldn’t cost more than $6.50, according to new guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services.

HIE growth much higher in certain states

Health information exchange adoption and use is experiencing "considerable growth," but only in a few states, according to a report from NORC at the University of Chicago researchers.

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Organizations urge 90-day MU reporting period for 2016

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and 32 other organizations are asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to shorten the Meaningful Use reporting period for 2016 from 365 to 90 days.

AMIA schedules informatics educator conference

The American Medical Informatics Association has announced plans to hold its first conference specifically geared to informatics educators.

Cerner appoints Glaser head of its population health unit

Cerner has named John Glaser as leader of its population health organization, effective April 1, with continued focus on governmental policy development.

HIE market to hit $980 million by 2019

The global health information exchange market is expected to reach approximately $980 million by 2019, according to a new report from Research and Markets.

Pennsylvania HIE survey shows ‘push’ and ‘query’ gaining in popularity

Push and query are gaining momentum in the Keystone State as preferred methods of health information exchanges, according to the results of a Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Authority survey of health information organizations (HIOs) throughout the state.

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