Health care IT infrastructure systems and design

Find resources, news and tips on health care IT infrastructure systems and design and building electronic health systems, including medical devices, servers and virtual servers,... More about Health care IT infrastructure systems and design

Recent Definitions

• electronic intensive care unit (eICU)

  - An Electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU) is a form of telemedicine that utilizes state of the art technology to provide a...

• health care cloud

  - A health care cloud is a cloud computing service used for the storage of personal health information (PHI) on the part of health care providers.

• American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

  - American Telemedicine Association (ATA) is a non-profit organization that strives to promote telemedicine (medical car...

Highlights

• CIO discusses making analytics systems more meaningful

• Q&A: Challenges, benefits of implementing single sign-on in hospitals

• Improving medical technology through interoperable devices

More Health care IT infrastructure systems and design Topics

• Electronic health care systems, data centers and servers

• Client health care computer systems, software and hardware

• Medical technology devices

• Health records storage management and systems

• Wired and wireless networking for health care

• Electronic medical records security and data loss prevention

• Mobile health systems and devices

• Health care cloud architecture

Hospital IT systems and applications

Find out everything you need to know about running electronic health care systems and applications, including, records management, billing and inventory. More about Hospital IT systems and applications

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• Bar Coded Medication Administration (BCMA)

  - Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) is a barcode system used to prevent human errors in the distribution of p...

• medical transcription software (MTS)

  - Medical transcription software (MTS) is a specialized speech recognition program that includes a database of medical termin...

• ICD-11

  - The International Classification of Disease, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11) is a system of medical coding created by the World Health Organization (WHO) for documenting dis...

Highlights

• CIO discusses making analytics systems more meaningful

• Supply chain automation supports cost reduction, quality improvement

• Q&A: Challenges, benefits of implementing single sign-on in hospitals

More Hospital IT systems and applications Topics

• Health care inventory management systems and software

• Electronic medical billing systems

• Clinical decision support systems

• Workflow and process management software and systems

• Personal health record software and services

• Clinical data analytics software and systems

• Health care business intelligence systems

• Health care cloud applications and services

Health care IT management and organization

Understand what health care providers need to know about health care IT management and organization and managing regional health care partners and networks, including organizati... More about Health care IT management and organization

Recent Definitions

• Federal Health Information Exchange (FHIE)

  - Federal Health Information Exchange (FHIE) is a health information sharing project that allows the Department of D...

• laboratory information system

  - A laboratory information system (LIS) is a series of computer programs that process, store and manage data from all stages of medical...

• National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT)

  - The National Alliance for Health Information Technology, or NAHIT, was formed in 2002 in...

Highlights

• Challenges, opportunities of HIE development: Insights from MAeHC

• Omnibus rule and business associate compliance: Q&A part 2

• Improving medical technology through interoperable devices

More Health care IT management and organization Topics

• Organizing health care staff and networks

• Establishing interoperable electronic health systems

• Regional extension centers

• Health information exchange implementation and management

Managing electronic health care IT compliance

Determine the requirements, policies and controls for managing electronic health care IT compliance, including privacy and security of personal medical records, personal health ... More about Managing electronic health care IT compliance

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• HIPAA business associate agreement (BAA)

  - A HIPAA business associate agreement (BAA) is a contract between a HIPAA covered entity and a HIPAA business associat...

• HCCA (Health Care Compliance Association)

  - The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) is a nonprofit, individual membership organization that aims to help ...

• Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

  - The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is an organization within the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS),

Highlights

• The tangled web: BYOD and HIPAA

• The benefits of health information exchange yet to leave NHIN behind

• A HIPAA compliance checklist for corporate mergers and acquisitions

More Managing electronic health care IT compliance Topics

• Electronic health records privacy compliance

• Electronic health records security compliance

• Patient safety and quality improvement

Health IT conferences, events and annual meetings

Major health IT conferences offer IT professionals a great opportunity to meet their peers and see new products in action. Focusing on topics such as information management, cod... More about Health IT conferences, events and annual meetings

Recent Definitions

• American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

  - American Telemedicine Association (ATA) is a non-profit organization that strives to promote telemedicine (medical car...

• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

  - The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is a professional organizat...

• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

  - Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is a society of radiologists and similar health scientists that se...

Highlights

• HIMSS analytics study weighs in on wireless networks and cloud

• Intermountain develops open source telemedicine software

• ACOs driving interest in personal emergency response systems

More Health IT conferences, events and annual meetings Topics

• HIMSS conference and exhibition

• AHIMA conference and exhibition

• RSNA conference and annual meeting

• CHIME CIO forum and education sessions

• ATA telemedicine conference and exposition

Electronic health record systems

Electronic health record (EHR) systems play a vital role in health care -- and, as of 2015, EHR use is mandatory for health care providers in the U.S. Find resources here for na... More about Electronic health record systems

Recent Definitions

• VistA EHR

  - VistA EHR, more formally known as the VistA Computerized Patient Record System, is an open source electronic health record (EHR) system developed by the United Sta...

• OpenEMR

  - OpenEMR is free, open source software for the health care industry. OpenEMR integrates medical practice management, electronic medical record (EMR), patient schedulin...

• master patient index (MPI)

  - A master patient index (MPI) is an electronic medical database that holds information on every patient registered at a health care organiz...

Highlights

• Any hospital can unleash healthcare innovation

• Patient-facing information systems raise HIPAA concerns

• Upcoding agenda not the result of EHR adoption

More Electronic health record systems Topics

• Electronic health record (EHR) management

• Electronic health record (EHR) vendor selection

• Electronic health record (EHR) implementation

• Electronic health record system (EHR) certification

Federal health care regulations and compliance

Federal health care regulations can have a tremendous impact on an organization's health IT strategy and budget. Find out how new health care laws about electronic health record... More about Federal health care regulations and compliance

Recent Definitions

• accountable care organization (ACO)

  - An accountable care organization (ACO) is an association of hospitals, providers and insurers in which all parties assume ac...

• common working file (CWF)

  - A common working file (CWF) is a tool used by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to maintain national Medicare records for ...

• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

  - The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is a professional organizat...

Highlights

• Supply chain automation supports cost reduction, quality improvement

• Challenges, opportunities of HIE development: Insights from MAeHC

• Omnibus rule and business associate compliance: Q&A part 2

More Federal health care regulations and compliance Topics

• ICD-10 implementation and training

• HITECH Act and meaningful use requirements

• Federal health care policy issues and health care reform

• Clinical and hospital quality reporting