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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White Paper Focuses on Unstructured Data in an Electronic Health Record (EHR) Environment

DATAMARK, Inc., a leading provider of global business services to Fortune 500 companies and government organizations, has released a white paper, “Unstructured Data in Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems: Challenges and Solutions,” that highlights the challenges healthcare providers face in bringing unstructured information into electronic health record (EHR) systems.

California awards three contracts for PHR demonstration projects

The California Office of Health Information Integrity (CalOHII), which supports the state’s health information exchange (HIE) initiatives, has awarded three contracts to organizations to participate in an electronic personal health record (PHR) demonstration project.

Laptop stolen from car, 11.5K patients’ data at risk

A laptop theft was the cause of the latest breach, which impacted 11,500 patients at DaVita, a Colorado-based kidney care company. 

Interoperability between systems remains obstacle

Despite billions of federal dollars invested in health IT, exchanging patient data between healthcare systems remains a significant obstacle, according to eHealth Initiative's 10th annual survey of health information exchanges (HIEs).

Upgrade process leads to stolen hard drive, breach

Updating physician services led to a breach that impacted 7,170 patients of University Hospitals in Cleveland.

Assns. urge new EHR regulatory framework

Letters to Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius call for a new risk-based regulatory framework for EHR systems and other health IT tools.

Tennessee’s Health eShare Direct Project Reaches Milestone 1,000th Participant

Direct Technology has been adopted by 1,000 healthcare professionals across Tennessee thanks to Health eShare, a statewide initiative through the Office of eHealth Initiatives (OeHI) to implement Direct secure email technology.

Mississippi Department of Mental Health Selects CoCENTRIX for EHR and to Coordinate Care for Its Citizens Treated in State Behavioral Health and I/DD Programs

CoCENTRIX, a leading provider of coordinated care solutions to state Health and Human Services and community-based providers, is pleased to announce that the Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) selected the CoCENTRIX Coordinated Care Platform (CoCENTRIXccp) as the solution to manage the Health Records and to coordinate care within and amongst its state behavioral health programs as well as its centers and programs dedicated to the care of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

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