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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Agfa, Forcare partner for HIE interoperability

Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement with Forcare, an interoperability software provider, that allows Agfa to market Forcare's software for health information exchange (HIE).

RSNA: Busting the meaningful use myth

CHICAGO--RSNA 2010 hosted its own version of MythBusters on Sunday, Nov. 28. Despite popular opinion, radiologists do qualify for significant financial incentives to encourage health IT adoption, David Avrin, MD, PhD, vice chair of informatics at the University of California, San Francisco, stated during the Meaningful Use for Radiology IT Vendors: What your Customers will Demand, and your Competition will Provide session at the 96th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Different approaches to HIE priority issues

This portal on health information exchange (HIE) starts off with a pair of original features that highlight very different aspects of HIE. They deal with challenges that every HIE facesfunding and security, respectively. However, they also highlight new thinking about these very familiar subjects.

Study: Providers take long view when it comes to health IT spending

A majority of healthcare organizations have built IT expenditures into their financial plans for the coming years, according to a report by Beacon Partners, a healthcare consulting company. 

Webinar: Two-factor authentication locks down HIE

Its one thing to talk about a framework of trust in a health information exchange (HIE), but the hard reality of building that framework is you have to protect every point of entry, said Bill Beighe, CIO of the Santa Cruz HIE  (SCHIE), during a recent webinar. 

SOAPware provides EMR to Puerto Rico physicians via Medens Cloud

SOAPware agreed to provide the cloud-based SOAPware EMR/practice management software to medical practices implementing the Medens Cloud.

EHR certification news

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

HITRUST to update security framework

The Health Information Trust (HITRUST) Alliance will release updates on Dec. 16 to the HITRUST Common Security Framework, which will incorporate additional and revised security requirements as well as recognition of new technologies and security practices.

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Around the web

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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