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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Supreme Court to hear healthcare reform case

The Supreme Court has announced that it plans to review the controversial healthcare reform law that requires minimum healthcare coverage.

Survey: Most U.S. community hospitals embrace EMRs

According to the results of a survey of community hospitals, a considerable majority of community hospitals, those with fewer than 300 beds, have already implemented or are in the process of implementing an EMR system.

JAMA: National EHR network proposed

A commentary published by the Journal of the American Medical Association proposes ways in which the U.S. can affordably meet the needs and expectations of both the public and healthcare providers as an interconnected system of EHRs is developed at the national level.

NEJM: EHRs should offer adverse event reporting

Adverse event reporting systems have only negligibly improved healthcare since the 1999 release of the IOM report "To Err is Human," wrote the authors of a New England Journal of Medicine perspective published Nov. 10but, they said, healthcare could be improved by harnessing data and measuring adverse events using EHRs.

Louisiana unveils statewide HIE

The Louisiana chapter of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (LaHIMSS) demonstrated and officially launched the statewide Louisiana Health Information Exchange (LaHIE) at its conference in Kenner, La.

Vendors and states unite! Data-sharing specs made available

A group of states and vendors has issued a set of technical specifications to standardize connections between healthcare providers, health information exchanges (HIEs) and other data-sharing partners.

Glaser: HIE is foundational in reform

Health information exchange (HIE) will become a foundation upon which we will create new forms of EHRs that are more community-based, regional-based that will allow care participants to have a common platform to manage both individuals and populations, said John Glaser, PhD, CEO of Siemens Healthcare, during a press conference regarding the companys recent acquisition of HIE company MobileMD.

Systems Made Simple names Nguyen CMIO

Health IT service provider Systems Made Simple (SMS) has appointed Viet Nguyen, MD, as CMIO.

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HHS has thought through the ways AI can and should become an integral part of healthcare, human services and public health. Last Friday—possibly just days ahead of seating a new secretary—the agency released a detailed plan for getting there from here.

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Heart Rhythm Society President Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, detailed a new advocacy group focused on improving EP reimbursements, patient care and access. “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu," he said.