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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ONC offers rural HIE toolkit

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONC) National Rural Health Resource Center has released a new rural health information exchange (HIE) toolkit.

HIMSS Video: NeHC survey reveals focus on patient engagement, HIE benefits

National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) conducts annual surveys to gauge stakeholder’s thoughts on issues related to health information exchange (HIE), consumer engagement and other NeHC programs. Kate Berry, CEO of NeHC, was at the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference in New Orleans to present the results of the 2013 NeHC Stakeholder Survey, and here shares some of the findings.

HIMSS: HIE aims to transform data into dollars, action

NEW ORLEANS—HealthShare Montana was formed with a simple, yet challenging, goal—to create a sustainable Health Information Exchange (HIE), using analytics to drive long-term financial independence, explained Brad Putnam, executive director during a March 6 session at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

HIMSS: Wisconsin HIE floundering to survive due to unsustainability

NEW ORLEANS—Denise O'Hora Webb, MA, Wisconsin’s state health IT coordinator, admitted that the state’s health information exchange (HIE) is “in serious jeopardy” during a March 5 session focused on HIE sustainability at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

HIMSS: Florida writes prescription for HIE sustainability

NEW ORLEANS—Florida prepared for future health information exchange (HIE) sustainability by establishing a strong set of guiding principles, said Heidi Fox, MS, HIE project manager for the State Agency for Healthcare Administration. Fox and Janet Hofmeister, BSCS, PMP, program manager, Florida Health Information Exchange, Harris Healthcare Solutions, spoke during the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual convention.

HIMSS: Novarad, Dell debut vendor neutral archive

NEW ORLEANS—Novarad and Dell have partnered to create Marz, a vendor neutral archive to store and manage patient data.

HIMSS: CCHIT unveils HIE interoperability testing

New Orleans—The Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT) is opening the pilot phase of a new health information exchange (HIE) compliance testing program at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference. The commission also is revealing program seals designed to help healthcare providers identify HIE certified technology.

HIMSS: Lessons learned from five states' HIE implementations

NEW ORLEANS—Comparing the different approaches that five states took to implement a health information exchange (HIE), researchers discovered different technical infrastructure approaches and services provided; however, the states faced common challenges with sustainability and governance, based on research presented March 3 at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.

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