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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Louisiana HIE launches patient portal

The Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum has launched the Louisiana Health Information Exchange (LaHIE) Patient Portal.

Backup hard drives stolen from state medical association

Two archives backup hard drives were stolen from the Indiana State Medical Association on Feb. 13.

Faulkner's strategy to keep Epic private

The 71-year-old CEO of privately held EHR giant Epic has no plans to slow down any time soon but has devised a plan to keep her company private well into the future.

ONC: Public health reporting numbers 'transformative'

Three years after the launch of the Meaningful Use program, at least half of participating hospitals are able to electronically send data to public health agenices for each of three pulbic health reporting measures.

Allscripts and Elsevier Join Forces to Elevate Health Care and Patient Outcomes for U.S. Military Members and Families

CHICAGO, March 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celebrating a 10-year partnership, Allscripts (Nasdaq:MDRX) and Elsevier Clinical Solutions are raising the level of patient care decision-making support for clinicians by embedding Elsevier's CPM Framework in Allscripts Sunrise electronic health record (EHR).

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Indiana hospital's email hacked

A cyberattack on hospital employees' email accounts has compromised the information of about 4,400 patients in Indiana.

Anthem not cooperating with audit process

Despite a cyberattack that impacted almost 80 million people, Anthem is not complying with a security audit from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's Inspector General.

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OIG to audit Pennsylvania's Medicaid MU program

Following up on its promise to conduct more Meaningful Use (MU) audits, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General plans to audit Pennsylvania's Medicaid program and its MU payments.

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