Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS)enterprise image systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

athenahealth partners with medical center for inpatient EHR

athenahealth and University of Toledo Medical Center are partnering to develop the vendor's EHR for deployment in the hospital, which will be the largest acute care hospital to use athenahealth's EHR, according to a Fortune report.

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Report covers threats to cybersecurity infrastructure

Valuable data, outdated technology and the human element all play significant roles in the security of the healthcare industry, according to the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology's Hacking Healthcare IT In 2016 report.

Ambulatory EHR market to grow by 30% within five years

The U.S. ambulatory EHR market is expected to grow by 30 percent over the next five years, according to analysis from Frost & Sullivan.

25K patients affected by stolen laptop

A laptop computer stolen from an employee of a Montana provider has put the personal information of some 25,000 patients at risk.

21K Blue Shield Calif. members affected by breach

A data breach has affected 21,000 Blue Shield of California members.

FDA's device cybersecurity draft guidance focuses on what manufacturers can do

The FDA has issued a draft guidance detailing the steps medical device manufacturers should take to continually address cybersecurity risks to keep patients safe and better protect the public health.

31 providers urge Burwell to rethink MU

A letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell from 31 healthcare organizations addresses concerns about Meaningful Use (MU) and the current state of EHRs.

Basch offers recommendations to 'reconceptualize' MU

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should “completely reconceptualize” the Meaningful Use program, say Peter Basch, MD, FACP, medical director for ambulatory EHR and health IT policy for MedStar Health, and Thomson Kuhn, senior systems architect at the American College of Physicians, writing on the Health Affairs blog.

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The FDA recently cleared the company's cable-free, credit card-sized heart monitor that produces 12-lead ECGs.

If 25% tariffs go into effect, it could have a big impact on the cost of medical imaging and radiotherapy systems, with many manufacturing facilities in Mexico. 

U.S. cardiology groups have worked together to propose the creation of a new American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine for certifying cardiologists. Now, after many months of waiting, a final decision is expected by the end of February.