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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Survey: Online record access outweighs privacy risk

The majority (69 percent) of U.S. consumers with chronic health conditions believe patients should have the right to access all of their healthcare information, and 51 percent believe that accessing their medical records online outweighs the privacy risks, according to an Accenture survey.

JAHIMA spotlights education needs of HIM workforce

The evolving educational needs of the health IT management professional is one subject explored in the May issue of the Journal of AHIMA (American Health Information Management Association). Such professionals must keep pace with the growing importance of information governance, the rapid adoption of EHRs and the transition to the ICD-10-CM/PCS code set.

HITPC to hold hearing on health IT certification program

The Health IT Policy Committee will hold a public hearing on May 7 to discuss the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Health IT Certification program.

Transcription vendor fired after data breach

Boston Medical Center has fired its transcription service after the hospital learned that about 15,000 patients records were posted without password protection on the vendor’s web site used by physicians, reports the Boston Globe. 

Funding expires this year, but most RECs will stay open

While funding from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT for Regional Extension Centers is set to expire at the end of 2014, most RECs indicate that they do not expect to close their doors, according to a HIMSS survey.

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This week in health IT: Halamka, Reider, more on advancing

The Medical Informatics World Conference was held in Boston this week and the speakers shared interesting thoughts on incorporating new technologies in healthcare.

Kalorama: EMR market tops $23B

Government incentives and the increasing use of EMRs for quality of care and cost-saving reasons helped drive the EMR market to $23.2 billion in 2013, according to medical market research firm Kalorama Information.

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DirectTrust expands network, increases testing

Non-profit trade alliance DirectTrust, which promotes health information exchange via the Direct Protocol, has expanded its national network.

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