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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NEJM: National EHR-specific patient safety goals should be created

National EHR-related patient-safety goals are needed to address current problems with existing EHR implementations and failures to leverage current EHR capabilities, according to a Nov. 8 article published by the New England Journal of Medicine.

Providers disappointed with HIE interoperability

Satisfaction with health information exchange vendors is lagging as they struggle to produce the level of interoperability that providers want, according to a November report from KLAS.

HIE survey finds continued significant investing

Hospitals and hospital systems are making significant investments in health information exchange technologies, according to the results of the second annual survey on the topic conducted by CapSite, a research and advisory firm recently acquired by the Health Information Management and Systems Society.

ONC offers quality measure resources

On the heels of posting the clinical quality measures (CQMs) for 2014, the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) has posted additional resources to help organizations prepare for more extensive reporting.

UC Davis offers HIE buyer's guide

A number of health information exchange (HIE) interoperability and interface features that should be in place today are not, according to the University of California Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement (IPHI). The IPHI’s California Health eQuality program released a buyer’s guide to help providers determine the current capabilities of vendors’ products.

N.H. court orders hospital to grant EHR access for hep C outbreak case

In an effort to determine how many patients have come in contact with a lab technician accused of spreading hepatitis C, New Hampshire's Merrimack County Superior Court ordered Exeter Hospital to provide public health officials with access to the hospital's EHR system, so an investigation into the hepatitis C outbreak can continue.

New FAQs address Stage 2 transitions of care measure

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT have jointly released two new FAQs that help explain requirements for the transitions of care measure for Meaningful Use Stage 2.

Humana acquires HIE tech developer

Health insurance provider Humana has acquired Certify Data Systems, a health information exchange (HIE) technology developer. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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