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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Report calls for health IT to boost care in rural areas

Rural Americans experience more chronic health conditions such as diabetes and heart disease than urban and suburban residents and have greater difficulties accessing high-quality care, according to a report from the UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform & Modernization.

HIMSS Analytics: After dip, hospital IT budgets rise again

The economic recession has significantly affected a normally recession-resistant medical industry, stated a report from HIMSS Analytics. However, results from the first quarter of 2011 indicate that IT budgets might be adjusting back to pre-recession levels.

Memphis health org selects RelayHealth for enterprise HIE

Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care has selected business integration developer RelayHealth to establish an enterprise health information exchange (HIE) to improve care coordination in three states.

HIE Profile: Nevada HIE Is Cleared for Takeoff

In late spring, the state of Nevadas State Health Information Technology Strategic and Operational Plan was approved by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. The Nevada Legislature then passed the necessary legislation to establish Nevadas statewide HIE. But theres no time to stop to toast this achievement: State Health IT Coordinator Lynn G. OMara, MBA, is busy plotting the trajectory of Nevadas statewide HIE as it prepares to launch.

Webinar: ONC HIE efforts gearing up

The national strategy for health information exchange (HIE) is expanding, with more pilot programs, more participants, streamlined processes and additional interoperability initiatives in the works, said Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, director of the Office of Interoperability and Standards at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC).

Report: HIE tally jumps 9 percent, to 255

The number of initiatives in the health information exchange (HIE) market has grown by 9 percent from 234 in 2010 to 255 in 2011despite consolidation in the field, according to key findings from an eHealth Initiative report released last week.

Study: CHCs' EHR data may be more concise than Medicaid claims data

Networked EHRs provide new opportunities for obtaining more comprehensive data regarding health services received, especially among populations that are not continuously insured, according to research published in the July edition of Annals of Family Medicine.

KLAS: Top interface engines have an interoperability edge

Interface engine vendors are no longer being considered solely for their integration solution, states a new report from market researcher KLAS.

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