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 systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

New Hampshire HIE plan approved

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Health IT has received approval of its health information exchange (HIE) strategic and operational plans.

Northeastern Pa. HIE signs Covisint for clinical messaging

Northeastern Pennsylvania Health Information Exchange (NEPA HIE) has selected cloud computing software developer Covisint to assist with clinical messaging support.

Greenway Medical chooses DiagnosisONE CDS for EHRs

Greenway Medical Technologies has selected DiagnosisONE to provide clinical decision support software for its EHR deployments.

CMS issues first Medicaid incentive payments

Registration for Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs just opened Jan. 3, but the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has already issued the first two Medicaid incentive payments to two states.

CentraState selects MobileMD for HIE

CentraState Healthcare System, a nonprofit community health organization in Freehold, N.J., selected health information exchange (HIE) software developer MobileMD to provide HIE services to its physicians and offices, nursing homes, imaging centers, laboratories and other clinicians within its medical community.

EHR certification update 1.7.11

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:

ONC to release additional $12.2 for RECs

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has released an additional $12.2 million for regional extension centers (RECs).

ONC to launch permanent health IT certification program

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has established a permanent certification program for health IT. The permanent program will eventually replace the temporary certification plans, which were outlined last summer.

Around the web

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. 

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.”

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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