Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News

Sectra releases Sectra PACS 12.1

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 01:59 AM PDT

Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra has launched Sectra PACS release 12.1 with RapidConnect technology. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Philips unveils nuclear medicine and radiation oncology innovations

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:32 AM PDT

Royal Philips Electronics has introduced its new BrightView X, a scalable SPECT camera that can be easily upgraded with CT when physicians are ready for the full capabilities of BrightView XCT. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Pioneer of World Wide Web to advise UK Government on data use

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 02:10 AM PDT

The man credited with inventing the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, will advise the UK Government on the delivery of public information, such as healthcare-related data. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

European docs improve workflow with multimodal mammography workstation

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 03:04 AM PDT

The frustrations of proprietary workstations have led many European doctors to adopt multi-modality, vendor-neutral solutions. This need for efficient workflow is driving sales for Carestream's Mammography Workstation, which enables diagnostic review of all breast imaging exams (FFDM, ultrasound, MR, CR and others) as well as all general radiology exams. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Royal Free Hospital digitizes radiology reporting

Posted: 11 Jun 2009 12:50 AM PDT

London's Royal Free Hospital has gone live with Nuance Communications' speech recognition technology, SpeechMagic. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Agfa's IMPAX 6.4 introduces volumetric management features

Posted: 10 Jun 2009 01:42 AM PDT

Agfa HealthCare has released the latest version in the IMPAX PACS product line, IMPAX 6.4. Agfa said IMPAX 6.4 delivered new features and tools to aid users in managing complex multi-series studies that were the rule rather than the exception in today's imaging technology. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Patients have 'mixed views' on electronic health records

Posted: 09 Jun 2009 12:29 AM PDT

Two-thirds of patients are happy for their medical records to be stored electronically, but many patients still have concerns about security and confidentiality, according to a snapshot survey carried out in a UK community mental health setting. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Siemens Mammomat Inspiration wins design awards

Posted: 07 Jun 2009 11:44 PM PDT

Mammomat Inspiration, the digital mammography platform designed by Siemens and Designaffairs, has received the iF Product Design Award 2009 and the red dot award: product design 2009. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Toshiba expands PACS offerings with advanced visualization release

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 01:24 AM PDT

Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems, a group company of Toshiba Corporation, has expanded its Voxar 3D product line with two advanced PACS visualization solutions: Voxar 3D 6.3.2 Workstation and Voxar 3D 6.3.2 ActiveX. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

iSOFT launches new diagnostic imaging PACS solution

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 12:10 AM PDT

Health information technology company iSOFT Group has introduced its new iSOFT PACS (picture archiving and communications system), enhancing its global portfolio of IT products designed to create a seamless electronic health record. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Researchers to develop health IT-equipped clothing for elderly

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 11:17 PM PDT

Researchers at the University of Ulster are embarking on a ground-breaking research project to develop hi-tech clothing which could improve older people's quality of life. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Sweden launches national electronic health record

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 07:23 AM PDT

The first stage of the Swedish National Patient Summary project was successfully deployed last month, according to the project's partnering IT vendors, InterSystems and Tieto. It's the first national EHR for Sweden, and is billed as one of the first of its kind in the world. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

User-friendly healthcare IT demand increases across Europe

Posted: 03 Jun 2009 02:02 AM PDT

Demand for more user-friendly healthcare IT professional services has been increasing across Europe, according to a new Frost & Sullivan study. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

IGEL thin client technology in use at Smart Healthcare Live

Posted: 02 Jun 2009 02:26 AM PDT

Fast and secure access to patient files on the move is just one of the benefits IGEL Technology is demonstrating using thin clients at Smart Healthcare Live in London. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Agfa HealthCare and Segami integration agreement

Posted: 29 May 2009 12:50 AM PDT

Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement with Segami Corporation to integrate Oasis workstation software into Agfa's 6th generation Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) known as IMPAX 6. (Source: Healthcare IT News)

Imaging e-Ordering Coalition Formed

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 10:25 AM PDT

An alliance of healthcare providers, technology companies and diagnostic imaging organizations have joined forces to form the Imaging e-Ordering Coalition (The Coalition, Washington). According to the coalition, it will promote Health Information Technology (HIT) enabled decision-support (e-Ordering) as a solution to assure that all patients receive the most medically appropriate diagnostic imaging test for their specific condition.   The Coalition is focused on the following components: Promote existing HIT legislative concepts to inform policy makers on the value of e-Ordering to enable the appropriate use of imaging. Ask lawmakers to include e-Ordering in the development of healthcare system efficiency incentives. Act as a resource for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on its Medicare Imaging Demonstration Project established by Congress in Section 135(b) of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA). Work with policy makers to have the Coalition’s e-Ordering proposal for CMS scored to validate long-term value and savings for the healthcare industry. Work with stakeholders to establish standards to accelerate e-Ordering as a meaningful and valuable application with EHRs. For information on membership please call (202) 457-7004.

Sentara to Offer RCM Interoperability for EDIS

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 08:34 AM PDT

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare has entered a strategic alliance with Bellevue, Wash.-based LYNX Medical Systems to design and deliver a packaged integration solution between the Picis (Wakefield, Mass.) LYNX emergency department revenue management solution, and Epic Systems Corporation’s (Verona, Wis.) EDIS. According to the company, this interface with Epic’s clinical information system in the ED is live in eight facilities throughout the Sentara Healthcare system. In order to maintain critical consistencies in revenue, documentation, compliance, workflow and audit defense, as well as order and process management and nursing assessment, Sentara Healthcare developed an interface between its Epic system-wide EHR and LYNX E/Point, which it says had allowed Sentara to recoup millions in revenue over the past five years.

HITSP Begins EHR Standardization Process

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:04 PM PDT

The New York-based Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) has begun work to identify global standards to support a core set of research data that can readily be exchanged between EHRs and clinical research systems.   As administrator of HITSP, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI, Washington) has named 35 organizations in the clinical research community that have contributed financial support, including the Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth System, University Hospitals, Duke University, and Partners HealthCare. Six U.S. federal agencies have also demonstrated support, including the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Cancer Institute, the National Center for Research Resources, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services. HITSP is a cooperative partnership between the public and private sectors that works to ensure the interoperability of EHRs in the United States. Its goal is to produce an electronic standards implementation guide that outlines the standards, how they support clinical research, and how they fit with existing HITSP guidelines being used within the clinical care environment.    

CCHIT Taps Axolotl’s Radov for HIE Work Group

Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:00 PM PDT

The Chicago-based Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) has chosen Nick Radov, director of research and development for Axolotl Corp. (San Jose, Calif.), to serve as a member of its Health Information Exchange (HIE) Work Group for 2009-10.  Composed of 20 members, the group will develop the criteria and inspection process for certifying the HIEs over which patient information is securely shared, according to Axolotl. Radov brings more than 12 years of experience and knowledge to the HIE Work Group, as he was instrumental in leading Axolotl’s efforts with product conformance testing for Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise profiles, the National Health Infrastructure Network project for HHS, and representing the company to the HL7 standards organization, it says. Two of Axolotl’s customers were also selected: Robert C. Steffel, president and CEO of Greater Cincinnati HealthBridge, Inc., and Deborah Bass, President and CEO of Bass & Associates, Inc, and Interim Executive Director of the Nebraska Health Information Initiative.  

Survey: Privacy compliance has declined

Posted: 14 May 2006 01:56 AM PDT

Three years after federal rules governing the privacy of patients' medical records went into effect, compliance seems to have declined for 6 percent, according to an annual survey conducted by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Read more about this at here.

E-book: Making E-Health Work

Posted: 14 May 2006 01:53 AM PDT

E-Health has become an integral part of present-day healthcare delivery. With healthcare consumers, increasingly the focus of most health systems, the widespread implementation of health information and communications technologies offers cost-effective opportunities to meet their increasingly sophisticated healthcare needs.Bankix Systems Ltd has released its latest e-book. It is a 200-page in-depth analysis of the issues involved in "Making E-Health Work," the e-book's title. Read more about this e-book at here.

Consumer tools: UCompareHealthCare Offers Free Reports on Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Physicians

Posted: 11 Mar 2006 01:01 AM PST

"UCompareHealthCare has just unveiled its Web site, ucomparehealthcare.com, which features free reports on the nation's nursing homes, hospitals and physicians to help consumers make informed healthcare decisions. I checked the web site and found it very informative for health consumers to help them make informed decision about their choices of doctors, hospitals and others." Read more about this at UCompareHealthCare

Articles: Direct to Consumer: Women are a powerful, but untapped, audience

Posted: 03 Feb 2006 12:04 AM PST

"Women influence many family decisions—from choosing what's for dinner to selecting the medications their children take. In fact, nearly two-thirds of women are responsible for family healthcare decisions, according to a 2004 national survey conducted by Plan for Your Health. Many women also assume the care-giving role outside their nuclear families. Today's middle-aged woman may also look after her parents and in-laws too, often determining how long they can live on their own and how to best care for them. In addition, she often influences the important health decisions of grandchildren, co-workers, and friends." Read more at PharmExec.

Consumer tools: Really Personal PHRs

Posted: 27 Jan 2006 01:05 AM PST

"If we're committed to fostering the adoption of personal health records, we should take a page out of the consumer marketing textbooks — not the primers of health IT marketers. This was my conclusion after attending a recent meeting in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Markle Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Agency for Healthcare Quality Research and Quality. " Read more about this at iHealthBeat .

Consumer trends: Manhattan Predicts Online Health Trends

Posted: 27 Jan 2006 12:06 AM PST

"US healthcare specialist Manhattan Research has published a summary of the major trends for health and pharmaceutical marketers to consider in 2006. The trends chart the increased use of the web and other new technologies as a health information and communication tool for both patients and physicians." Read more at Daily Research News Online.

News: Wall Street Journal Looks at Tools That Identify Low-Cost Care Options

Posted: 26 Jan 2006 01:07 AM PST

"The Wall Street Journal on Thursday looked at efforts by insurers to provide patients with tools - including a cell phone Web browsing service - to help them find low-cost treatment options. Lumenos, a unit of WellPoint, in February will launch the cell phone service, which lets patients type drug names into their cell phones' Web browsers and get lists of lower-cost alternatives. The program is designed so that patients can ask their physicians about cost-effective alternatives while they still are at their appointments." Read more at iHealthBeat.

Consumer tools: Consumer Health Complete Now Available from EBSCO Publishing

Posted: 25 Jan 2006 12:09 AM PST

"In continuing with the company's goal of providing the most comprehensive collection of online health and wellness resources, EBSCO Publishing has announced the release of Consumer Health Complete (CHC). This full text database is designed to support consumer and patients' information needs as well as foster an overall
understanding of health-related topics." Read more at Managing Information News.
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