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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Few details revealed on Vermont home health breach

A stolen laptop is the source of a breach for patients of Caledonia Home Health Care & Hospice in St. Johnsbury, Vt., but the organization isn't revealing the number of patients affected or the extent of the types of protected health information at risk.

Frost & Sullivan: Technology as a Competitive Differentiator Fuels Adoption of Electronic Medical Records in Brazilian Hospitals

SAO PAULO, Aug. 9, 2013 -- Intensifying competition among private hospitals in Brazil has compelled them to use advanced clinical systems as a market differentiator, thereby driving the uptake of electronic medical records (EMR). The need to reduce expenses in both public and private hospitals has further fuelled EMR installations in the country.

Small, critical access hospitals not meeting Meaningful Use

Many critical access hospitals and other small hospitals are at risk of not achieving Meaningful Use and the coming associated Medicare payment penalties beginning in 2015.

HIEs prove critical in disaster scenarios

After a tornado struck Moore, Okla., on May 20 and decimated the Moore Medical Center, the building and old rollers for medical records laid in tatters but “we never lost one ounce of data,” said Brian Yeaman, MD, CMIO, Norman Regional Health System, and medical director of SMRTNET, during a Aug. 13 National eHealth Collaborative webinar.

Stolen laptop impacts Calif. eye patients

Retinal Consultants Medical Group has announced the theft of an unencrypted laptop computer but has not revealed the scope of the breach, including how many patients are affected.

East Tennessee Health Information Network Selects DataMotion Direct Secure Messaging for Exchange of Patient Health Information

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Aug. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- DataMotion (www.datamotion.com), an innovative health information service provider (HISP) with more than 14 years of experience in secure data delivery, today announced that East Tennessee Health Information Network (etHIN) has selected its DataMotion Direct secure messaging service. 

UnitedHealthcare Awards $5.2 Million in Grants to California Nonprofits – $710,252 to St. Joseph Hospital

ORANGE, Calif.--St. Joseph Hospital has been awarded a $710,252 grant from UnitedHealthcare to help implement St. Joseph Hospital’s electronic health record (EHR) system that will connect 27 community clinics throughout Orange County to improve care delivery to local patients.

HITPC: Update on query, MU Stage 3 security requirements

Despite previous requests for more thoughtful discussion, the Privacy & Tiger Team re-affirmed its previous conclusions about nontargeted queries to the Health IT Policy Committee during its Aug. 7 meeting.

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