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The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), in a push to ensure interoperability standards between electronic health records, has adopted Laika, an open source standards software program. At the 2009 Annual HIMSS Conference, Mirth was selected as one of the testing tools for the coming interoperability tests.
A hospital information system (HIS) is an element of health informatics that focuses mainly on the administrational needs of hospitals.In many implementations, a HIS is a comprehensive, integrated information system designed to manage all the aspects of a hospital's operation, such as medical, administrative, financial, and legal issues and the corresponding processing of services.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) published an overview of many different models as well as research that supports them. [5] These are the key features of collaborative care models: Integration of mental health professionals in primary care medical settings; Close collaboration between mental health and medical/nursing providers
HL7 v2.x has allowed for the interoperability between the plethora of digital health systems, from Patient Administration Systems, to Electronic Health Records, and specialised Laboratory and Radiology Information Systems. Currently, the HL7 v2.x messaging standard is supported by every major health informatics vendor in the United States. [7]
Healthcare quality and safety require that the right information be available at the right time to support patient care and health system management decisions. Gaining consensus on essential data content and documentation standards is a necessary prerequisite for high-quality data in the interconnected healthcare system of the future.
IHE technical frameworks are detailed documents which specify the integration profiles and associated actors (systems) and transactions. [10] IHE connectathons are annual events where equipment vendors bring products with IHE profiles and test them with other vendors. [11] The events are held in Europe, USA, Korea, Japan and Australia.
Health information technology (HIT) is "the application of information processing involving both computer hardware and software that deals with the storage, retrieval, sharing, and use of health care information, health data, and knowledge for communication and decision making". [8]
Five factors that can be used to assess the advancement level of a particular IDN include provider alignment, continuum of care, regional presence, clinical integration, and reimbursement. [5] Between 2013 and 2017, healthcare providers created 11 new integrated delivery systems from joint ventures with insurance companies. [6]