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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ACS to implement EHRs, HIEs for Wyoming

Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) has earned a $4 million, three-year contract this week to provide a Web-based EHR and a health information exchange (HIE) for the Wyoming Department of Health.

McKesson debuts patient record app

McKesson has unveiled a new health information management tool, the Horizon Patient Folder Release of Information, at the 2009 American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) convention this week in Grapevine, Texas.

BronxRHIO taps Axolotl for EMR

The New York City-based Bronx Regional Health Information Organization (BronxRHIO) has signed a contract for Axolotl's Elysium Exchange suite.

BMJ: EHRs could help flag patients for domestic abuse risk

EHRs could be used to predict a patients risk of suffering domestic abuse, according to research published Sept. 29 in the online version of the British Medical Journal.

CDC awards $4M+ for public health informatics

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced $4.37 million in competitive grants to enhance healthcare information management and to improve the detection of and response to emerging public health threats.

LibertyHealth adds EDIMS system

EDIMS, a provider of interoperable emergency department information management systems for hospitals, said that LibertyHealth, a two-hospital health system in northern New Jersey, has launched the firm's nursing documentation and charge capture systems.

Report: No one formula guarantees health IT success

A new report from healthcare market research firm IDC Health Insights, which examines how Norwegian hospitals have adopted digital technologies, concludes there is no single formula for successful health IT implementations.

Health Information Exchange: Patient Data on the Move

Healthcare has tried and failed several times before to build sustainable, robust IT networks to share patient records, medical histories and test results among multiple facilities and caregivers across similar geographies.

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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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