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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HealtheConnections RHIO Migrates eHealth Technologies’ Image Exchange on its Mirth HIE Platform

NEW YORK-- eHealth Technologies, a leader in streamlining transitions of care including, securely delivering electronic diagnostic images to the users of health information exchange (HIE), and HealtheConnections, the Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) of Central New York, have gone live with eHealth Connect® Image Exchange integrated with their new, Mirth HIE platform. HealtheConnections has been a customer of eHealth Connect® Image Exchange since 2010 and this service was deemed as an essential capability to retain, with their new HIE platform.

Truven Health Analytics to Facilitate Pennsylvania Statewide Healthcare Data Sharing Under Multi-Year Contract

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-- The Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Authority has selected Truven Health Analytics, formerly the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters, as its partner in building a statewide community shared services (CSS) platform. The Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Authority is an independent state agency that works to meet federal requirements for Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) in Pennsylvania.

Experts: Successful HIEs require time, early support

Slow and steady may be the best approach to launching sustainable and effective health information exchanges (HIEs), according to speakers at National eHealth Collaborative’s May 29 webinar.

Idaho exchange launches image exchange

The Idaho Health Data Exchange (IHDE) and St. Luke’s Health System (SLHS) announced the launch of Image Exchange viewing capability by eHealthTechnologies.

Mass HIway bolstered by $1.5M grant

The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) will award $1.5 million in grant monies to EHR, clinical information system (CIS) and other care management system vendors to develop Direct Project-compliant interfaces for the interoperable exchange of health information in the commonwealth.

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Governance framework released for HIE

Health information exchanges are expanding in new areas and to new providers while, on a federal level, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released a governance framework to aid in establishing trust among exchange partners.

Calif. initiative to fund rural HIE technology

A $1 million rural health information exchange (HIE) incentive program aims to help California healthcare providers implement technologies that enable the secure and reliable exchange of health information to improve quality of care, lower costs and achieve Meaningful Use criteria.

Michigan HIE links to EMS, fire departments

Michigan Health Connect has linked its health information exchange (HIE) with emergency medical services (EMS) and the local fire department.

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