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 systems, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

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MU fight continues

In the health IT headlines this week was yet another effort to refocus the Meaningful Use program.

EHR errors' role in medical malpractice lawsuits growing

More and more medical malpractice lawsuits are hinging on errors found within EHRs. 

AMA leads coalition fighting MU

Medical associations are continuing their fight against Meaningful Use (MU), citing the poor rate of success with Stage 2.  

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Panel discusses ongoing HIPAA challenges

BOSTON—HIPAA wasn’t crafted to address the volumes of data now in the healthcare system. That was the opinion of panelists during a session at the 2015 Connected Health Symposium, held by Partners HealthCare.

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Cybersecurity budgets increase but staff hard to find

Greater cyberthreats are changing the way executives manage and invest in cybersecurity, adopting systemic risk management frameworks that combine hardware, software and operations protocols to mitigate cyber risk.

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Cybersecurity, patient safety in the spotlight

Another week chock full of health IT developments but the most significant had to do with cybersecurity and patient safety. 

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Senate passes CISA for coordinated cyberthreat sharing

The Senate voted 74-21 in favor of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 which incentivizes companies to share cyberthreat data with the government.

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S.C. hospital employee fired for inappropriate record access, fraudulent claims

An employee's inappropriate access to patient records and fraudulent claims led to termination from Bon Secours St. Francis Health System.

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