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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AMA boos ICD-10, cheers portable med ID

The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates voted today to work vigorously to stop implementation of ICD-10, a coding set that has about 69,000 codes and will replace the 14,000 ICD-9 diagnosis codes currently in use. The activity came during a closed session of the group's semiannual policy meeting.

eHI: Sustainable HIEs up 33% from 2010

Very few health information exchanges (HIEs) become sustainable in one year, according to Jason Goldwater, VP of research and programs at eHealth Initiative (eHI). Speaking at a webinar hosted by the Washington, D.C.-based organization, Goldwater shared some key findings from its latest report, 2011 Report on Health Information Exchange: Sustainable HIE in a Changing Landscape.

Thomson Reuters to build Alabama HIE

Alabama Medicaid Agency and the Alabama Health Information Exchange Advisory Commission have selected Thomson Reuters to develop the infrastructure for a statewide health information exchange (HIE).

Survey: Most U.S. community hospitals embrace EMRs

According to the results of a survey of community hospitals, a considerable majority of community hospitals, those with fewer than 300 beds, have already implemented or are in the process of implementing an EMR system.

JAMA: National EHR network proposed

A commentary published by the Journal of the American Medical Association proposes ways in which the U.S. can affordably meet the needs and expectations of both the public and healthcare providers as an interconnected system of EHRs is developed at the national level.

Louisiana unveils statewide HIE

The Louisiana chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (LaHIMSS) demonstrated and officially launched the statewide Louisiana Health Information Exchange (LaHIE) at its conference in Kenner, La.

Vendors and states unite! Data-sharing specs made available

A group of states and vendors has issued a set of technical specifications to standardize connections between healthcare providers, health information exchanges (HIEs) and other data-sharing partners.

Glaser: HIE is foundational in reform

Health information exchange (HIE) will become a foundation upon which we will create new forms of EHRs that are more community-based, regional-based that will allow care participants to have a common platform to manage both individuals and populations, said John Glaser, PhD, CEO of Siemens Healthcare, during a press conference regarding the companys recent acquisition of HIE company MobileMD.

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