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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Study: Providers approach the same EHR differently

It may be the same EHR system, but different providers and clinicians develop their own personalized pattern of using its features, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

AMA urges CMS to get going on proposed public health readiness database

The American Hospital Association has established its support for a proposal to open up data on the ability of public health agencies and registries to receive data from healthcare providers under Meaningful Use and urges the government to get the website up and running.

ONC chief privacy officer steps down

Joy Pritts, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s chief privacy officer, is stepping down effective July 12.

Patient access to electronic records inconsistent

EHR adoption is increasingly widespread, but many HIPAA-covered health organizations make it difficult for patients to access their medical records electronically, according to the June issue of the Atlantic Information Services’ Report on Patient Privacy.

IBM and Epic jointly pursue DoD contract

IBM is teaming up with EHR giant Epic to compete for the Department of Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization contract that entails replacing and modernizing the Military Health System clinical systems.

HITPC votes to streamline certification process

About one month after providers, vendors, accreditors and private sector representatives scrutinized the EHR certification program as overly prescriptive during an all-day hearing, the Health IT Policy Committee formally recommended a multi-stakeholder “kaizen” meeting to help streamline the certification process.

Patient sues Ohio hospital for employee's breach of STD diagnosis

News of a lawsuit filed against the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for sensitive information posted on Facebook by an employee has hit the mainstream media.

Employee error source of Pa. breach

An employee’s actions compromised the protected health information of 1,801 people at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

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