American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) members elected Diann H. Smith, MS, RHIA, CHP, FAHIMA, as president/chair of the 2018 Board of Directors. Her one-year term began Jan.1.
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The Iowa Health Information Network announced it has signed a Software as a Service agreement with the Koble Group, a Minnesota state-certified Health Information Organization operating on a robust platform for sharing data, powered by Orion Health.
EHNAC announced a collaborative partnership with OmniSystems, Inc., a full-service information technology firm providing systems engineering, software development, cybersecurity, and consulting services.
GE Healthcare announced an expanded partnership with Intel that aims to enhance patient care and reduce costs for hospitals and health systems using digital imaging solutions, deployed via edge and cloud.
During The Sequoia Project’s Annual Meeting, one of its key initiatives, Carequality, reported tremendous growth since it became operational in July of 2016. To date, more than 1,000 hospitals, 25,000 clinics, and 580,000 health care providers are connected through the Carequality interoperability framework.
The Texas Health Services Authority (THSA) is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its privacy and security certification program, known as SECURETexas, by partnering with multiple industry experts.
HHS Acting Secretary Eric D. Hargan named three members to the Health IT Advisory Committee. The committee, created by the 21st Century Cures Act, is charged with making recommendations to the ONC relating to the implementation of national and local health IT infrastructure.
In his address at the American Medical Association Interim Meeting, AMA CEO James L. Madara, M.D., outlined the challenges and opportunities present in health data today and the revolutionary opportunity to improve patient care.
CAPG recently submitted comments to CMS encouraging the agency to move forward with two alternative payment models to proliferate high quality, low cost care. The comments were submitted in response to a request for information seeking feedback on the future of the CMS Innovation Center.