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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Cyberattack impacts 11M

Premera Blue Cross, a health plan based in Mountlake Terrace, Wash., has been the target of a cyberattack of its IT systems, impacting 11 million.

Texas program links EHRs with smoking cessation initiative

The Texas Department of State Health Services is partnering with the University of Texas and Baylor Scott & White Health to launch a new tobacco cessation protocol called eTobacco.

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CHIME issues patient ID challenge

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has issued a challenge to innovators to find a universal soution for accurately matching patients with their healthcare information.

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Senate committee passes cybersecurity bill

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015 passed the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) on a vote of 14 to 1.

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Healthcare under attack: What are the next steps?

The recent Anthem breach impacted almost 80 million people and promptly put cybersecurity in healthcare on the front burner. Lisa Gallagher, HIMSS vice president of technology solutions, spoke with Clinical Innovation + Technology about next steps for the industry.

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Antelope Valley Hospital on EHR downtime: Data were always safeguarded

“Never was our data in any danger. It was always safeguarded and we gave the nurses all the tools they needed to perform their jobs,” said Antelope Valley Hospital CIO Dale Lepper. Lepper spoke to Clinical Innovation + Technology to follow up on reports from the California Nurses Association that when the hospital’s EHR system went down for 38 hours in February, patient safety was at great risk.

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HITRUST offers de-identification framework

The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) has released its HITRUST De-Identification Framework, developed to improve patient privacy, enhance innovation and streamline the appropriate use of healthcare data.

BCBS of Michigan experiences ID theft impacting 5,500 members

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan learned of a large-scale identify theft scheme back in 2012, but the recent filing of indictments means the organization is only now authorized by law enforcement to announce the breach of protected health information and notify 5,514 members.

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