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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Survey: Docs name interoperability, infrastructure barriers to HIE

Health information exchanges (HIEs) offer opportunities to improve care and reduce healthcare costs but there are significant barriers to participation, according to a survey of 527 physicians conducted by Doctors Helping Doctors Transform Health Care.

Privacy a priority for information exchange

It seems fitting that just before the final privacy rule was released, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence announced plans to test tools and technologies to support the secure exchange of electronic health information, especially for small healthcare providers.

New Mexico HIE to move to Orion

The New Mexico Health Information Collaborative, the state's health information exchange (HIE), has selected Orion Health's HIE platform to power the exchange and expand its capabilities.

Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas HIEs connect, exchange Direct messages

The Nebraska Health Information Initiative, Kansas Health Information Network and Missouri Health Connection are now connected and able to exchange Direct secure messages across state lines.

Ohio's HIE continues to expand

The board of directors of the Central Ohio Health Information Exchange (COHIE) has endorsed CliniSync, Ohio's statewide health information exchange (HIE), as the preferred HIE provider for the 14-county Central Ohio region served by COHIE.

Arkansas hospital first to go live with statewide HIE

North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison has become the state's first hospital to launch the State Health Alliance for Records Exchange, the statewide health information exchange in Arkansas.

HIE implementations face common, complex challenges

Just how difficult is it to implement health information exchange (HIE) for public reporting? Research published online Jan. 3 by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association utilized systems dynamic modeling to investigate the project’s complexity in New York and determined several implications that may be helpful to others.

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HIE expanding state by state

State by state, the healthcare community is taking steps forward with health information exchange (HIE).

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