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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Boston Children's Hospital notifies 2K patients of breach

Boston Childrens Hospital has notified 2,159 patients of a potential breach of protected health information as a result of the theft of a stolen laptop computer.

MU Stage 2 to force interoperability

Eligible providers and hospitals have their health information exchange work cut out for them to meet the new objectives in the notice of proposed rulemaking for meaningful use Stage 2, Chris Giancola, principal consultant at CSC Global Healthcare Group, told CMIO in an interview.

HIE progress: Standstill or ready to rocket?

The latest news, debate and discussion regarding health information exchange (HIE) indicates a wide range of opinions about its potential success. There is no shortage of conflicting thoughts and data.

Ill. practice taps Merge for MU

Lakeland Healthcare Group, a multisite practice including two regional hospitals and affiliated and freestanding clinics in Illinois, will implement Merge Healthcare's suite of cloud-hosted radiology software to improve workflow and achieve meaningful use.

Feds set state health insurance exchange app date

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) set a deadline for states to choose how to operate their health insurance exchange. States seeking to operate a state-based exchange or electing to participate in a state partnership exchange must submit a complete exchange blueprint by Nov. 16.

Oregon launches state HIE

Oregon has launched a statewide health information exchangeCareAccord.

ACP really wants HHS to use ICD-10 time wisely

The American College of Physicians (ACP) implored the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to use the ICD-10 implementation delay to consider specifying the use of Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Term (SNOMED-CT), rather than ICD-10, for coding problems in all situations.

Surescripts: Office-based e-prescribing gains serious traction in 2011

Use of e-prescribing continues to grow nationwide, and by the end of 2011, more than half of all office-based prescribers were routing prescriptions electronically, according to a report from Surescripts.

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