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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Stock index for public health IT companies dropped nearly 10%

The stock price index of public companies in the health IT space dropped during the first half of 2014 by 9.6 percent, according to a report from Health Growth Partners, an Ill.-based firm.

Folder left in public area put Indiana Health Services patients’ data at risk

About 620 Indiana Health Services patients in South Dakota have been alerted to a breach of their personal information.

Break-in at S.C. hospital puts hundreds of patient records at risk

More than 500 patient records are at risk following a break-in at the administrative offices of Self Regional Healthcare, a S.C.-based hospital.

athenahealth and Henry Schein, Inc. Expand Strategic Agreement

WATERTOWN, Mass. and MELVILLE, N.Y., July 28, 2014--athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN), a leading provider of cloud-based services for electronic health record (EHR), practice management, and care coordination, and Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health, and medical practitioners, today announced an expansion of their strategic agreement announced on May 21, 2014.

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A game changer?

After a spate of data breaches impacting patients across the country, this week’s court ruling alleviating a California organization of liability came as a bit of a surprise.

RI hospital faces HIPAA fine for MA patient breach

Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island will pay $150,000 in a settlement with the Massachusetts attorney general’s office after a 2012 data breach at the hospital affected more than 12,000 Massachusetts patients.

American Society of Plastic Surgeons partners with PatientNow to provide the latest electronic medical record technology and patient engagement system

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) announced today a three-year Endorsement Agreement of PatientNOW, Inc., an electronic medical record, practice management and patient engagement system to be available to ASPS Member Surgeons. The agreement, which brings together the world’s largest specialty society of plastic surgeons with a comprehensive practice management software system for plastic surgery and aesthetic medical practices, will leverage both organizations’ respective strengths to develop and deliver the latest technological advances in electronic health records to plastic surgery practices.

Kansas Health Information Network, Inc. Exceeds 80 Electronic Health Record (EHR) Integrations with ICA

Topeka, KS, July 23, 2014 -- Kansas Health Information Network (KHIN), a health information exchange organization (HIO) reaching three million Kansans and ICA, a healthcare information technology company that helps healthcare providers impact the way care teams connect and healthcare is delivered has connected 81 healthcare organization together in Kansas to share critical health and behavioral health information. This achievement expands the ability to collect and securely share patient health information across a varied network of participants with disparate electronic health record systems.

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