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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DoD open to bids for $11B EHR modernization project

The Department of Defense is officially taking proposals for its EHR modernization project worth an estimated $11 billion.

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Making progress

In the past month, headlines have indicated expansion of existing HIEs, increased rates of information exchange and rivals coming together to drive exchange.

Good chunk of practices seeking to replace EMR

More than one-quarter of both large and small ambulatory practices report they are considering replacing their EMR, according to a KLAS report on ambulatory EMR perception.

One Million Hits On iPatientCare’s Newly Launched ‘EHR Evaluation Tool’

Los Angeles, CA, August 26, 2014-- iPatientCare, Inc., a pioneer in mHealth and cloud-based ambulatory EHR and integrated Practice Management solutions announced its newly launched ‘EHR Evaluation Tool’ reaching to a million hits.

Laptop theft cause of Cedars-Sinai breach

Cedars-Sinai Health System is alerting at least 500 patients that their health information may be at risk following the theft of one of its laptops, reports SC Magazine.

Less than one-third of health apps have privacy policies

In a survey of the 600 mostly commonly used mobile health apps, only 30.5 percent, or 183, have privacy policies, according to a brief communication published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

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Healthcare industry struggles to contain breaches

The healthcare industry is a frequent victim of data breaches and malicious hacking, and organizations struggle to contain the threat, reports CNNMoney.

Business Wire NextGen Healthcare's NextGen Share Receives Full DirectTrust Accreditation from the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission

HORSHAM, Pa.--NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, along with its sister company, Mirth, LLC, a global leader in health information technology, announced today that their Health Information Services Providers (HISP) solution, NextGen® Share, has achieved full accreditation with the Direct Trusted Agent Accreditation Program (DTAAP) from DirectTrust.org and the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC). NextGen Healthcare and Mirth are both wholly owned subsidiaries of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII).

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