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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EHRs require EXTREME--use cases for interoperability

EHRs need five "use cases" to be considered "open" or interoperable, according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA).

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Consumer groups push back on CMS' proposed relaxation of MU requirements

An impressive group of consumer advocacy organizations have banded together to express concerns about proposed changes to the Meaningful Use program. 

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EHR vendor suffers cyberattack

EHR vendor Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) and its personal health records affiliate, NoMoreClipboard, have been the victims of a sophisticated cyberattack. 

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EHR system buyers are most likely replacing

The number of buyers replacing existing EHR software has increased by 59 percent since 2014, according to the findings of a survey conducted by EHR comparison group Software Advice. 

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Lots of talk but little action

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee has not let up on its focus on improving EHRs and interoperability.

Indiana records found in dumpster

About 170 patient records from a medical lab in Crown Point, Ind., were found in the dumpster of a nearby strip mall, according to an NWI Times report.

MU has led to digital divide

A study of New York providers participating in the Meaningful Use (MU) incentive program found "systematic differences" between early adopters of EHRs and those who did not use EHRs before implementation of the program.

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Legislators pair cybersecurity bill with defense act

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act will be paired with the National Defense Authorization Act as an amendment. 

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