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.

California facility strikes deal with Medicity to build HIE

Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital in Newport Beach, Calif., has selected Medicity as its partner to build a community-wide health information exchange (HIE).

IHIT solicits HIE ideas for $10.3M grant

The board of directors of Indiana Health IT (IHIT) is soliciting project ideas for the $10.3 million federal grant the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration received in March.

HIMSS honors six health IT leaders

Recognizing contributions to advance health IT in the U.S., the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has honored six individuals at the state and federal levels for fostering the use of health IT in government and private industry.

HealthBridge opens Tri-State REC

HealthBridge, a nonprofit health information organization, has launched the Tri-State Regional Extension Center (REC) to help physicians and other medical professionals switch from paper records to EHRs.

Computer Zone, Prognosis team up for EMR technologies

Computer Zone and Prognosis Health Information Systems have partnered to deliver the Prognosis ChartAccess EMR and ancillary applications to hospitals via cloud computing or software-as-a-service model, supported by Computer Zones implementation methodology.

HIE, NHIN, DURSA and you

The Multi-party legal agreements for HIE webinar/live presentation of the National eHealth Collaborative's Stakeholder Forum set aside about an hour for questions and answers. It was good planning, because there were plenty of questions.

Webinar: DURSA is too complex to work, and other myths

Its difficult to separate health information exchange from the matter of trust, said Steven Gravely, JD, a partner at the law firm of Troutman Sanders, at a webinar titled Multi-party legal agreements for HIE during the recent National eHealth Collaborative's Stakeholder Forum.

NQF now accepting quality data set model comments

The National Quality Forum (NQF) will be holding a public comment period on the Quality Data Set, an information model that defines concepts used in quality measures and clinical care to automate EHR use, through July 1.

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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