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.

Healthcare hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison
Robert Purbeck, 45, of Georgia was found with data on more than 132,000 individuals taken from various breaches, including multiple providers, a police station and a city government.
Ransomware group deploys ticking clock to threaten Georgia hospital
Memorial Hospital and Manor announced the data breach through Facebook on Nov. 3. The cybercrime group Embargo has taken credit for the incident, claiming to have 1.15TB of stolen information.
Hackers were inside an Iowa hospital’s network for two weeks
St. Anthony Regional Hospital confirmed patient data was taken by cybercriminals, but the August incident is still being investigated.
Microsoft: Ransomware hit nearly 400 healthcare entities this year—a 300% rise since 2015
A study from Microsoft on the impact of ransomware found unaffected nearby hospitals see a rise in stroke and cardiac arrest cases, in addition to an influx of patients.
Feds make it official: Change data breach was the largest in healthcare history, impacting 100M
Updated reporting from HHS shows UnitedHealth Group's estimate that roughly one-third of people in the U.S. would be affected was correct.

Five providers tap Siemens for meaningful use

Five U.S.-based providers have signed with Siemens to implement a host of Soarian web-based clinical and financial health information systems.

February 15, 2011

Study: Hospital budgets expanding due to IT reform

Hospital executives are planning for budget increases during the next five years and are prioritizing strategic initiatives that had previously been on hold due to economic constraints. Healthcare insurance reform is also causing hospital management to re-evaluate how they select and purchase medical devices and other services, according to a survey from L.E.K. Consulting.

February 15, 2011

athenaClinicals EHR recognized by W. Va. program

West Virginia Regional Health Information Technology Extension Center (WVRHITEC) has selected health IT software developer athenahealths EHR platform athenaClinicals as a Five Star vendor in its EHR Vendor Recognition Program (VRP).

February 14, 2011

HIMSS: Carestream to highlight cloud-based PACS, enterprise archive

Carestream Health (Booth 1348) is showcasing its newest cloud-based eHealth PACS and eHealth Portal Services, Carestream Clinical Data Archive and Carestream RIS at the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting to be held in Orlando, Fla. from Feb. 21 through Feb. 24.

February 14, 2011

Black Book poll names best EMRs

Technology market research firm Black Book Rankings shared results of a four-month user poll to determine the highest ranked EHR/EMR inpatient organizations for 2011.

February 11, 2011

Pa. health system to go live on GE HIE

Butler Health System (BHS), which serves western Pennsylvania communities, will implement a health information exchange (HIE) from GE Healthcare to enable clinical information access between BHS and its affiliated and independent physicians, as well as referral hospitals outside of the immediate community.

February 11, 2011

Mirth selected for Florida statewide HIE

Open-source healthcare IT developer Mirth has been selected to power the planned statewide health information exchange (HIE) in Florida. As part of the HIE implementation, Mirth technology will be made available to all healthcare providers statewide, delivered on the Mirth appliance framework.

February 11, 2011

ONC Standards & Interoperability Framework: Youre (still) invited

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has launched a number of initiatives under its Standards and Interoperability (S&I) Framework Program to support the development of healthcare specifications in order to facilitate wider use of standards and an increased level of health IT interoperability across the U.S.

February 11, 2011

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Cardiovascular Business

Payment cuts and beyond: Key takeaways for cardiologists from the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals.

AI in Healthcare

A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

Cardiovascular Business

FDA commissioner urges clinicians to join fight against medical misinformation

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."

Health IT

Healthcare hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison

Ransomware group deploys ticking clock to threaten Georgia hospital

Hackers were inside an Iowa hospital’s network for two weeks

Microsoft: Ransomware hit nearly 400 healthcare entities this year—a 300% rise since 2015

Feds make it official: Change data breach was the largest in healthcare history, impacting 100M

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