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 systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

CareCloud Partners with Iron Bridge Integration

PITTSBURGH & MIAMI--CareCloud, the leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health records (EHR), and medical billing software and services, today announced it has partnered with Iron Bridge Integration (IBI) to leverage Pub Hub, IBI’s public health clearing house. This integration further enables clients using CareCloud’s EHR, CareCloud Charts, to more easily report clinical data to state registries. The expansion of CareCloud’s platform allows its clients to more easily submit public health information such as immunizations, syndromic surveillance, cancer cases and electronic reportable labs.

Kansas HIE joins national eHealth Exchange

The Kansas Health Information Network is linking up to the national health information network, eHealth Exchange—a non-profit, public-private initiative created by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

HITPC: More eligible providers attesting to MU Stage 2

As of June, 1,898 eligible professionals and 78 eligible hospitals have attested to Meaningful Use Stage 2, according to data presented by Elisabeth Myers, policy and outreach lead at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, at the Health IT Policy Committee meeting on Aug. 6.

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HITPC: Hospital health data exchange activity on rise

Hospital participation in the exchange of health information has grown significantly since 2008, Michelle Consolazio, health IT policy analyst at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, told the Health IT Policy Committee on Aug. 6.

Fraud at root of Va. data breach

Data from more than 2,000 patients at Virginia-based Riverside Health System are at risk after unauthorized access by a former employee, reports PilotOnline.com.

Access My Records, Inc. Announces First "Auto-Create" Patient Portal Solution for HIEs and Hospitals Using the Direct Protocol

BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 5, 2014--Today, Access My Records, Inc. announced its patent-pending technology to provide hospitals, HIEs and healthcare software vendors with a "low-touch" solution to "auto-create" a patient portal originated from standardized HL7 patient documents (structured CCDs or unstructured CDAs)  sent over Secure Direct Messaging.

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Rival payers collaborate on Calif. HIE

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California, rival payers, are spending $80 million to fund development of the California Integrated Data Exchange, known as Cal INDEX.

OIG: ONC's EHR security oversight is weak

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT carries much of the blame for EHRs being vulnerable to hackers and other security problems, according to a report from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General.

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