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Health Information Exchange


Carolinas health system chooses Medicity for HIE creation

Contracts & Installations | Thursday, September 09 2010
Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS), a healthcare organization affiliated with 32 hospitals in North and South Carolina, has selected Medicity as its partner to build a multi-state health information exchange (HIE).
 

Columbus Regional Hospital joins Indiana HIE

Partnerships & Alliances | Wednesday, September 08 2010
Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, Ind., has joined the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE), linking to more than 65 hospitals, long-term care facilities and other healthcare providers to access information for patient care.
 

Markle: Downloadable health info is crucial for meaningful use

Top Stories | Tuesday, September 07 2010
A simple way for patients to download their health information is a crucial part of improving healthcare quality and efficiency, and can enhance safety, promote patient engagement and protect privacy, according to Markle Connecting for Health, a public-private healthcare IT collaborative sponsored by the Markle Foundation.
 

Beaconology for beginners: A chat with ONC's Aaron McKethan

Web Exclusives | Tuesday, September 07 2010
Written by Jeff Byers
The ability to transform healthcare delivery at the community level requires information and tools for both consumers and providers—not one or the other, said Aaron McKethan, program director for the Beacon Community Program under the Office for the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). McKethan discussed "Beaconology," an informal term used by ONC to describe the basics of the Beacon Program, in an exclusive interview yesterday.
 

MedLink, Thrasys align on cloud-based HIE for RHIOs, large hospitals

Partnerships & Alliances | Friday, September 03 2010
MedLink has entered into a partnership with Thrasys to provide interoperability and health record management based on the San Francisco-based Thrasys’ SyntraNet, a cloud-based health information exchange (HIE) and collaboration network.
 

Cincinnati, Detroit named final Beacon pilot communities

Top Stories | Thursday, September 02 2010
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Sept. 2 that Cincinnati and Detroit are the two final pilot communities selected under the new Beacon Community Program that is using health IT to help tackle leading health problems in communities across the U.S.
 

Orion Health awarded Maine HIE contract

Contracts & Installations | Thursday, September 02 2010
Maine’s HealthInfoNet has selected Orion Health as the primary technology provider for its statewide health information exchange (HIE).
 

Community HIEs, regional IPAs select Greenway

Contracts & Installations | Wednesday, September 01 2010
Greenway Medical Technologies has added four health information exchange (HIE) programs, independent physician associations (IPAs) and regional medical centers to its client roster using PrimeSuite, the company’s EHR practice management and interoperability system, to connect group practices using clinical, financial and administrative functions.
 

Weno seeks ONC-ATCB status

Industry News | Tuesday, August 31 2010
Weno Healthcare has submitted its application to become an Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) authorized certification and testing body (ATCB) in an effort to increase overall adoption for certified EHR technology.
 

Maine HIE selects Health Language for clinical content integration

Contracts & Installations | Monday, August 30 2010
HealthInfoNet, the nonprofit organization managing the health information exchange (HIE) for the state of Maine, is partnering with medical terminology management company Health Language to assist in the transition from a two-year demonstration project to a full statewide HIE implementation.
 

Sage releases lastest version of Intergy

New Products | Friday, August 27 2010
Sage North America’s Sage Healthcare Division has released two new products: Sage Intergy version 6.10 and the Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition.
 

BayCare Health System names Thompson CIO

Executive Announcements | Wednesday, August 25 2010
Tim Thompson has been appointed CIO of BayCare Health System, a community-based healthcare system in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area, effective Sept. 7. Thompson joins BayCare from the Methodist Hospital System in Houston, where he served as CIO and senior vice president.
 

ONC hires Lockheed Martin to assist with NHIN

Contracts & Installations | Wednesday, August 25 2010
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has employed Lockheed Martin for two contracts to advance EHRs and secure health information exchanges to support the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), for a total of $9 million over two years.
 

Indianapolis VA to partner with IHIE for pilot program

Partnerships & Alliances | Wednesday, August 25 2010
The Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis will partner with the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) to exchange EHR information using the Nationwide Health Information Network.
 

California hospital selects RelayHealth's HIE

Contracts & Installations | Wednesday, August 25 2010
Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, of Monterey, Calif., has selected RelayHealth's health information exchange (HIE) connectivity tool.
 

Report: Meaningful use criteria = health IT staff gaps

Top Stories | Tuesday, August 24 2010
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT predicts 50,000 additional health IT workers will be needed during the next five years to satisfy EHR meaningful use criteria. Thus, providers, payors and other stakeholders need to fill in workforce gaps with skill sets from other staff and focus on alternative ways to install and operate systems that realize economies of scale and therefore reduce health IT staff demands, according to a study from IT company CSC.
 

GE to assist with Virginia RHIO

Contracts & Installations | Monday, August 23 2010
When the Northern Virginia Regional Health Information Organization (NoVaRHIO) goes live with its first step towards an eHealth Information Exchange connecting patients and physicians across the region, it will leverage GE Healthcare as an infrastructure partner.
 

CMS issues guidance for state Medicaid IT implementation

Top Stories | Monday, August 23 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing guidance for state Medicaid directors and agencies regarding the implementation of CMS’ final regulations to allow the payment of incentives to eligible professionals and hospitals to promote the adoption and meaningful use of certified EHR technology.
 

Thomson Reuters, CareEvolution to assist N.C. HIE development

Partnerships & Alliances | Wednesday, August 18 2010
The North Carolina Hospital Association (NCHA) and the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) along with Moses Cone Health System and WakeMed Health & Hospitals have chosen health IT companies Thomson Reuters and CareEvolution to develop and launch the North Carolina Healthcare Information Exchange (NCHEX).
 

Tenn. alliance signs with ICA for HIE

Contracts & Installations | Wednesday, August 18 2010
Memphis, Tenn.-based MidSouth eHealth Alliance (MSeHA) has signed a multi-year contract with Informatics Corporation of America (ICA) under which ICA will provide health information exchange (HIE) capabilities to MSeHA.
 
Web Exclusives

Feature: Tort reform may curb non-indicated imaging

Physicians in states with medical liability tort reform laws ordered fewer imaging studies for emergency patients with mild-moderate head trauma, according to a study published July 13 in the online edition of the American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Beaconology for beginners: A chat with ONC's Aaron McKethan

The ability to transform healthcare delivery at the community level requires information and tools for both consumers and providers—not one or the other, said Aaron McKethan, program director for the Beacon Community Program under the Office for the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). McKethan discussed "Beaconology," an informal term used by ONC to describe the basics of the Beacon Program, in an exclusive interview yesterday.

Feature: Early a.m. rad shift expedites communication of urgent findings

An early morning radiologist shift can expedite the communication of urgent findings and improve patient care, according to a study in this month's Journal of the American College of Radiology. “The Joint Commission and the ACR have emphasized the importance of improved communication, particularly of critical test results, for better patient care,” Rathachai Kaewlai, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, shared with Health Imaging News.

Feature: U.S. needs national strategy to curb imaging overutilization

Medical imaging overutilization--a growing concern in the U.S.--exposes patients to unnecessary radiation, while also adding to rising healthcare costs, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in Radiology. In an interview, William R. Hendee, PhD, lead author, reviewed various methods by which medical imaging could be curtailed.

Radiology: Prelim study shows CE breast CT outperforms CT, mammo

Dedicated contrast-enhanced (CE) breast CT delivered significantly improved conspicuity of malignant breast lesions, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), compared with unenhanced breast CT and mammography, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.

SMU nets nearly $600K to study ultrasound in bone strength assessment

Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas has received a $596,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Neurological Disorders and Stroke Institute to study the role of ultrasound in determining the effects of radiation on bone.

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