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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athenahealth revenues jump 27%

Cloud-based EHR vendor athenahealth has reported a 27 percent increase for the three months ended March 31, 2015. 

Majority say breach is reason to switch providers

More than two-thirds (65 percent) of patients would avoid healthcare providers that experience a data breach, according to a survey from TransUnion Healthcare. 

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Partners' breach the result of phishing emails

Employees at Partners HealthCare system in Boston fell for the bait of phishing emails that appeared to be legitimate, and released information of about 3,300 patients. 

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Senate committee forms EHR working group

Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and ranking member Patty Murray (D.-Wash.) announced a bipartisan, full committee working group to identify ways to improve EHRs. 

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Choose your EHR trainers carefully

Volunteer EHR trainers seem to be more effective than those who are appointed by management, according to a story published in BMC Medical Informatics & Decision Making. 

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Even as incentives end, EHR market expected to keep growing

Despite the end of Meaningful Use incentive money, the EHR market is likely to continue grpwing over the next four years, according to a report from Kalorama Information. 

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Email phishing attack affects 39K in Texas

Central Texas' Seton Family of Hospitals experienced an email phishing attack in December 2014, that impacted about 39,000 patients. 

Could electronic cards reduce Medicare fraud?

Replacing paper Medicare cards with electronically readable cards could reduce Medicare fraud, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report. 

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