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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HIMSS: Whole lotta state health IT activity going on

States enacted more than 300 pieces of health IT legislation from 2000 to 2011, according to a report from the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) State Advisory Roundtable.

N.Y. RHIOs, HIEs connect to share patient info

Three New York regional health information organizations (RHIOs) and three health information exchange (HIE) vendors will participate in the Statewide Health Information Network of New York, the New York eHealth Collaborative, along with the New York State Department of Health, announced.

Black Book: Expect big HIE market growth by 2014

The health information exchange (HIE) market will experience massive growth in spending by 2014 even though industry technology executives are exploring adoption rather than implementation at this point, according to a new survey from Black Book Rankings.

Maine HIE to launch statewide medical image archive

HealthInfoNet, in collaboration with some of Maines healthcare organizations, will pilot a statewide medical image archive. With this new service, HealthInfoNet will seek to reduce the cost of storage and transport of electronic medical images and make sharing these images possible through the health information exchange (HIE).

Ohio HIE rolls out ED alert system

HealthBridge, a nonprofit that advocates for health IT adoption, health information exchange (HIE) and the use of information for improved healthcare outcomes, has successfully gone live with a new ED Admit Alert System developed through the Greater Cincinnati Beacon Collaboration.

State CIOs advocate for adherence to MITA standards

The Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA) framework is a way states can decouple legacy systems and break down existing silos in state government, according to the latest issue brief, A Golden Opportunity for Medicaid IT Transformation: State CIOs and the MITA Framework, released by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).

Houston area HIE appoints CTO

Philip R. Beckett, PhD, has been appointed chief technology officer of Greater Houston Healthconnect where he will oversee the implementation of software that will connect more than 130 hospitals and 14,000 physicians to improve health outcomes for seven million area residents.

Boston Children's Hospital notifies 2K patients of breach

Boston Childrens Hospital has notified 2,159 patients of a potential breach of protected health information as a result of the theft of a stolen laptop computer.

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