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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Health Language standardizes terminology for Orion's HIE

Orion Health has embedded Health Languages Language Engine in Orion's Health Information Exchange (HIE), enabling data exchange by mapping data from disparate systems to standardized terminologies.

EHR certification update 2.4.11

CMIO.net presents a weekly update of the EHR products certified by the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT Authorized Testing and Certification Bodies (ONC-ATCBs). The following EHR certifications were announced recently:

NEJM: Healthcare reform needs work before 2014

Despite the heated rhetoric in Congress about repealing and replacing the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA), there is a dearth of productive ideas for improving on the legislation, according to a perspective paper published Jan. 19 online in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Five HIEs to Watch

What can Inland Northwest Health Services, Norman Regional Health System, MedVirginia, HEALTHeLINK and Quality Health Network teach other health information exchangesand possibly your organizationabout sustainability, integration, practice management and EMR adoption? Read on to discover what makes these five regional HIEs worth watching.

The AMDIS Connection: EHR Adoption? This Looks Like a Job for Super-users

Helping physicians and other eligible professionals adopt and make meaningful use of EHRs is a top priority for many CMIOs in 2011. The most obvious and proximate reason is the time-limited availability and front-loading of meaningful use incentive payments beginning this year. The longer term reason that will persist after meaningful use incentives expire is that EHR meaningful use is seen by CMS and other payors as essential to achieving national quality, value and healthcare reform goals.

MDBlackBox offers free EMR suite

EMR and health IT software developer MDBlackBox is offering a free, web-accessible practice management EMR suite to healthcare professionals.

Federal gov't: Reform ruling 'outside of the mainstream'

The federal government has responded to a recent federal ruling that deemed the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA) unconstitutional, calling the decision "well outside of the mainstream of judicial opinion."

Univ. of Iowa Hospital discloses potential data breach

The University of Iowa Hospitals has disclosed a potential data breach involving the EMRs of several University of Iowa football players.

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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."

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