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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KLAS names top performing IT companies

KLAS has issued the firm's latest report naming the top-performing companies within several market segments, based on customer feedback.

Medical records found in public dumpster

Hundreds of medical records were found in a public recycling dumpster in Springfield, Ohio.

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Device task force to spread open source security best practices

Divurgent, a healthcare consulting firm, and Sensato, a firm specializing in cybersecurity, have formed the Medical Device Cybersecurity Task Force, along with hospitals, cybersecurity researchers, IT leaders and medical device manufacturers.

Michigan hospital cyberattack comes in wake of water crisis

A hospital in Flint, Mich., has gotten roped into the town's water crisis via a threat from the hacktivist group Anonymous.

Indiana, Ohio HIEs exchanging data

Two health information exchanges (HIEs) are now sharing data bidirectionally across state lines.

New collaboration to ramp up health data security

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission and the National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on initiatives supporting prevention and risk mitigation for HIPAA breaches, incidents and cybersecurity prevention, protection, response and recovery.

Insurer's lost hard drives contain info of 950K

Health insurer Centene announced an ongoing comprehensive internal search for six lost hard drives that contain the health data of 950,000 individuals.

Cerner CEO to undergo cancer treatment

Cerner co-founder, chairman and CEO, Neal Patterson, is undergoing cancer treatment, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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