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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New consortium to drive exchange

After several regional health information exchanges merged in recent months, even more have come together to form a new national consortium.

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257K EPs now face penalty for not meeting MU rules

The extended deadline for Meaningful Use Stage 2 attestation has come and gone but it apparently wasn't enough time for more than 257,000 eligible professionals who will receive a penalty starting Jan. 1 for failing to meet the requirements.

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Former employee sentenced to two years for identity theft

A laboratory technician was sentenced to two years in federal prison for stealing identities at Alabama-based Flowers Hospital and using them fraudulently in tax returns, reports WTVY.com.

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Study finds almost half of patients withhold information in their EMR

Almost half of the patients who participated in a study withheld clinically sensitive information in their EHR from some or all of their healthcare providers.

HIEs form national consortium

More than 20 health information exchanges have banded together to form a national consortium called the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative.

Omnibus bill holds ONC budget steady, addresses information sharing

The Omnibus Appropriations bill keeps funding for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT at the same level as last fiscal year and addresses information sharing problems.

Study: VHA missing opportunities to reach some patients

The Veterans Health Administration is missing opportunities to utilize its EHR to reach patients with specific medical conditions that require intensive treatment and self-management, according to a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

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AHRQ solicits comments on pediatric EHR core functions

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is requesting feedback on a draft technical brief on core functions of pediatric EHRs.

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