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 to survey lab HIE capabilities

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT intends to survey a sample of clinical laboratories nationwide to develop a more complete understanding of existing laboratory exchange capabilities, according to a notice published Oct. 19 in the Federal Register.

N.C. HIE's 'crawl, walk, run approach' to successful exchange

The Coastal Connect HIE of North Carolina committed to the walk, crawl, run approach during the process of its creation and expansion. Executive Director Yvonne Hughes shared the organization’s experience during an Oct. 16 webinar presented by the National eHealth Collaborative.

Mass. statewide HIE goes live

The Massachusetts Health Information Exchange (HIE) went live Oct. 16, when Gov. Deval Patrick clicked send to transmit the information in his EHR from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston to Baystate Health in Springfield.

First children's hospital joins Ohio's HIE

The Children’s Medical Center of Dayton is the first standalone children’s hospital in Ohio to join CliniSync, Ohio’s statewide health information exchange.

Ohio statewide HIE to connect with 10 hospitals

Premier Health Partners and Kettering Health Network are striving to connect with the Ohio Health Information Partnership’s statewide health information exchange (HIE), CliniSync.

Open notes will lead to greater provider accountability, patient responsibility

It used to be that discouraging health information was withheld from patients, but calls for access are growing as society moves toward a culture of open and free-flowing information. Providers should follow along, according to an editorial published Oct. 1 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Missouri HIE partners with first participants

Five healthcare organizations have partnered with Missouri Health Connection to become the first participants in statewide health information exchange.

Calif. program to use HIE to facilitate data flow

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