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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KLAS: Private HIEs growing faster than public exchanges

Meaningful use and other elements of healthcare reform are driving healthcare information exchange (HIE) formation and expansion of established exchanges, whether through government-backed initiatives or as private ventures, according to a KLAS report that gauges the adoption level of HIEs and vendor activity in this space.

Quality Health Network welcomes two more Colo. orgs

Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs, Colo. and Pioneers Medical Center in Meeker, Colo. have joined Quality Health Network (QHN), a Grand Junction, Colo.-based healthcare system.

Medicaid first payor to join Wash. HIE

The Washington State Medicaid program is the first healthcare payor to sign up for a statewide health information exchange (HIE), the state's Healthcare Authority announced.

iKnowMed EHR receives Surescripts certification

iKnowMed EHR System, a product of McKesson Specialty Care Solutions / U.S. Oncology, has received Surescripts certification for e-prescribing, formulary, benefits and medication history.

HIE Sustainability: Forget the Silver Bullet

The search for sustainable health information exchanges (HIEs) demands more than simply following the money. Driven by the desire or the necessity to stand on their own two feet, some HIEs have found a formula for success.

IHIE links to Indiana immunization program

Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) will connect to the Indiana State Department of Health's Children and Hoosiers Immunization Registry Program (CHIRP), an internet-based immunization registry operated by the Immunization Program of the State Health Department.

Idaho health network to provide HIE services

North Idaho Health Network, a health system based in Coeur DAlene, Idaho, and MobileMD have reached an agreement to provide health information exchange (HIE) services to the medical community throughout Idaho's five northern counties.

A reciprocal opportunity

During a web presentation last week regarding getting on board the Nationwide Health Information Network, Holt Anderson, executive director of the North Carolina Health Information & Communications Alliance (NCHICA), discussed the requirements for joining and exchanging data. The questions that followed his presentation quickly brought the discussion to familiar territory: Who pays? His answer: All sides, which shows the importance of having a strong business case.

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