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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NextGen Healthcare Unveils New Interoperability Platform – NextGen Share –at 18th Annual NextGen Healthcare User Group Meeting

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today the unveiling of NextGen® Share, a new interoperability platform. NextGen Share will enable providers to safely, securely, accurately and quickly exchange clinical data and provide referrals without leaving their Electronic Health Record (EHR) system. It will offer providers a critical tool for delivering accountable, coordinated care, managing population health and making evidence-based clinical decisions; all important elements of healthcare reform initiatives. NextGen Share is the first joint solution from NextGen Healthcare and Mirth since Quality Systems, Inc., the parent company of NextGen Healthcare, acquired Mirth Corporation in September of this year.

California awards three contracts for PHR demonstration projects

The California Office of Health Information Integrity (CalOHII), which supports the state’s health information exchange (HIE) initiatives, has awarded three contracts to organizations to participate in an electronic personal health record (PHR) demonstration project.

Interoperability between systems remains obstacle

Despite billions of federal dollars invested in health IT, exchanging patient data between healthcare systems remains a significant obstacle, according to eHealth Initiative's 10th annual survey of health information exchanges (HIEs).

Grants to help rural providers connect to Arkansas HIE

Rural providers in Arkansas will have the opportunity to receive up to $10,000 in funding to connect their EHR systems to the state HIE, the State Health Alliance for Records Exchange, according to an announcement.

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Moving the needle

If recent headlines are any indication, health information exchange keeps moving the needle.

Newly Named San Diego Health Connect Welcomes Scripps Health and Sharp HealthCare

San Diego Regional Health Information Exchange (SDRHIE) has a new name and two new major participants. The federally funded HIE has evolved into an independent, community-supported organization, San Diego Health Connect, which today announced that Scripps Health and Sharp HealthCare have signed agreements to participate in directing the exchange.  

Majority of office-based physicians can exchange lab, medication data

In 2011, the majority of office-based physicians could exchange lab and medication data, and approximately one-third could exchange clinical summaries with patients or outside providers, according to a study conducted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and published in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Surescripts Broadens Clinical Network to Include MEDITECH and Vitera

EHR-integrated health information exchange connects ambulatory and acute care providers nationwide and across care communities.

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