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.

81% of provider organizations have faced cyberattack in past 24 months

Eighty-one percent of healthcare organizations have been compromised by cyberattacks in the past two years, according to the 2015 KPMH Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey.

Report outlines Beacon Communities' HIT use

A new report details the application of health IT and performance measurement infrastructure to achieve clinical transformation through the Beacon Community program.

Report finds no dominator in EHR market

While some EHR vendors dominate the health IT-related headlines, no one vendor holds 20 percent of the $25 billion market, according to a report from market research firm Kalorama Information.

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).

Around the web

Suman Tandon, MD, an American Society of Nuclear Cardiology board member, explains the group's call on Congress to update a number of healthcare policies. 

The 2026 MPFS proposed rule includes higher conversion factors across the board. However, some cardiology groups remain concerned about a series of reimbursement reductions for high-value cardiology services. 

The Heart Rhythm Society and its new advocacy arm plan on pushing CMS to include certain policy improvements in the 2026 MPFS.