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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Employees disciplined, some fired, for snooping in records

Carilion Clinic has fired or disciplined 14 employees who inappropriately accessed a patient's record, according to an article in The Roanoke Times.

Buffalo UltraSound JOINS HEALTHeLINK

HEALTHeLINK today announced Buffalo Ultrasound has joined Western New York’s clinical information exchange as its first mobile imaging data source. Diagnostic quality images for both radiology and echocardiography studies as well as reports from Buffalo Ultrasound’s testing centers including all mobile locations can now be securely and electronically accessed through HEALTHeLINK by more than 3,400 participating physicians.

Report: 45% of Americans have had records compromised

Almost 45 percent of Americans have had their sensitive health information compromised via a cyberattack, according to a white paper from iSheriff, a provider of cloud-based enterprise device security.

Survey finds Allscripts top-ranked EHR, satisfaction increasing

Allscripts leads EHR vendors for user satisfaction among large ambulatory practices, according to an annual survey by Black Book Market Research.

Allscripts Ambulatory/Alternate Site Solutions Ranked No. 1 by Black Book Rankings

Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX) earned top scores for its ambulatory EHRs, Allscripts Professional EHR(TM), Allscripts TouchWorks(R) EHR and Allscripts Sunrise(TM) Ambulatory Care, from research company Black Book(TM) Rankings (Black Book).

Glitch sends letters to the wrong people

A Colorado state health agency is notifying patients of a breach after a technical glitch sent out letters containing protected health information to the wrong recipients.

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Ill. provider cleared in class-action lawsuit from breach

Advocate Medical Group has been cleared of wrongdoing in a class action lawsuit alleging the organization failed to protect patient data following a massive HIPAA data breach. 

More than half of community hospitals dissatisfied with EHR

Community hospitals aren't any happier with their EHR system than than larger counterparts, according to a survey conducted by healthcare research firm peer60. 

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