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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Managing expectations, physician relationships with health IT, HIEs

Buy-in to state-sponsored health IT initiatives and health information exchanges requires developing in-person, on-the-ground connections with Medicaid providers.

State HIEs, analytics in a post HITECH world

In a post HITECH world, states are shifting from health IT adoption to data sharing and analytics. The primary goal of National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, is “meaningful interoperability” by 2017, and states are just beginning to explore data integration and the challenges that come with it.

FHA partners with Open Health Tools for CONNECT management

The Federal Health Architecture is partnering with Open Health Tools to migrate the governance and code management of CONNECT, an open source software solution that enables secure health information exchange to their open source community.

ED info exchange cuts costs by 10%

An initiative by the Washington State Health Care Authority to use big data in emergency departments reduced unnecessary visits by Medicaid beneficiaries by 10 percent.

Global HIE market predicted to reach $878M by 2018

The global health information exchange market is poised to grow from $558 million in 2013 to $878 million by 2018, according to global market research firm MarketsandMarkets.

Arizona implements health IT, HIE roadmap

Arizona is kicking off implementation of its plan to advance health IT and health information exchange (HIE) statewide. 

GAO: Develop, prioritize actions to advance HIE

Insufficient standards, varying privacy rules, concerns about how privacy difficulties in matching patients to their records and costs all are challenges facing providers and stakeholders regarding health information exchange, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.

New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN) Selects ABILITY Network for Medicare Access and Management Services

MINNEAPOLIS, March 19, 2014 -- ABILITY Network Inc, a leading healthcare technology company, announced today that the New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN) has agreed to implement the ABILITY Secure Exchange Platform across all its member hospitals and provider sites.

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