Friday, September 18, 2009

Health Informatics News

Health Informatics News

Rural Hospital Deploys Open Source EHR

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:10 AM PDT

Blue Mountain Hospital of Blanding, Utah, has completed the implementation of Carlsbad, Calif. -based Medsphere’s OpenVista EHR, the company says. The implementation of the open source system took less than one year, according to Medsphere, and will give Blue Mountain clinicians access to CPOE and clinical documentation. In addition, the company says the roll-out will provide Blue Mountain with clinical IT support for laboratory, radiology and pharmacy services. Blue Mountain is a rural, 11-bed hospital that serves mostly Native American patients. Blue Mountain provides medical services to residents of the Four Corners region encompassing sections of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

Image-Enabled Web Portal Unveiled

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:03 AM PDT

Milwaukee-based Merge Healthcare has rolled out FusionWeb, a new image-enabled Web portal. According to the company, the software platform provides secure Web access for the real-time exchange of patient information, procedure reports and digital images. The company says FusionWeb was developed specifically for referring clinicians and gives radiology providers a means of enhancing system interoperability and workflow efficiency with image-enabled EHRs. According to Merge, the zero-client software platform provides hospitals and imaging centers the ability to include diagnostic images as part of the EHR regardless of browser type, operating platform or security policies. In addition, it says, the product eliminates the need to install and maintain subsequent visualization devices or software plug-ins. Based on Merge Cedara WebAccess technology, when bundled with the company’s Fusion RIS and PACS products, FusionWeb provides online order entry and visibility into patient status for referring physicians, it claims.

ICD-10 Translation Tool Unveiled

Posted: 17 Sep 2009 11:00 AM PDT

Salt Lake City-headquartered 3M Health Information Systems released its ICD-10 Code Translation Tool . The Department of Health and Human Services has set October 1, 2013 as the implementation date for ICD-10, the new national coding standard that will replace ICD-9. The product contains menu-driven features to convert existing systems and software applications to ICD-10, or to create customized mappings for specific business needs. 3M says its new software identifies all reasonable ICD-10 alternatives for the ICD-9 codes held in an information system, and performs automated mappings where a simple one-to-one map exists. The software then isolates the remaining complex codes and provides the user with reference data to assist in fine-tuning the final conversions to ICD-10, it says. Codes based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) , are used throughout healthcare to record, store, and retrieve diagnosis and procedure information for clinical, epidemiological and quality purposes, and for reimbursement.
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