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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UVA tests eConsults/eReferrals model

The University of Virginia Health System has begun piloting a program testing the eConsults/eReferrals model, which utilizes digital platforms to speed patient access to specialists.

Experian Data Breach Resolution and BillGuard collaborate to transform data breach response with launch of an active fraud surveillance and identity theft resolution offering

COSTA MESA, Calif., Jan. 26, 2015 -- With the explosion of payment-card data breaches last year, Experian Data Breach Resolution has enhanced its award-winning active fraud surveillance and identity theft resolution product, Experian's ProtectMyID®, by collaborating with BillGuard, a leading card fraud monitoring mobile application.

Georgia Regional Academic Community Health Information Exchange Finds Growth

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jan. 27, 2015 — The organization connecting Electronic Health Records (EHRs) for nearly one million patients at 11 different health care facilities in Georgia, is growing. In the past six months, the number of data sources providing information through the GRAChIE network has grown by 450 percent.

Atlas Systems bags new deal from US based healthcare IT solutions provider

Princeton, NJ, January 19, 2015 -- Atlas Systems Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a deal with US based Technology Solutions company for their Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution upgrade.

Interoperable Electronic Health Records Can Revolutionize Healthcare Delivery in Europe

LONDON, Jan. 27, 2015 -- The growing use of clinical and non-clinical information systems, including patient administration systems, scheduling and billing, is fuelling the demand for electronic health record (EHR) technology in Europe. EHR and ePrescribing are now priority areas in digital health acrossEurope, accounting for 30 percent of total healthcare IT spending in the region.

Cellphone theft cause of N.Y. data breach

The theft of an unencrypted cellphone from a manager at Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners is creating cause for concern of a possible data breach into its email system.

Grant will help BIDMC develop patient-contributed EHR

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has received a $450,000 grant from The Commonwealth Fund to develop OurNotes, an initiative to promote active patient engagement in health and illness that invites patients to contribute to their own electronic medical records.

Cloud Market In Healthcare technologies, EHR Market, Digital pathology market, Clinical, EMR, SaaS, Bioinformatics, Digital pathology, Hybrid Market

NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2015-- Cloud based technology helps in the maintenance and management of a large amount of data stored in a centralized database that can be accessed when needed. It saves a rather significant amount of infrastructural costs.

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