Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS), enterprise image systems, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

Radiology practice must pay $1.85M to settle class action lawsuit stemming from cyberattack
East River Medical Imaging PC experienced the data breach sometime between August and September 2023, with over 533,000 individuals potentially impacted.
Hands-free, generative AI system reduces radiologists' time spent creating reports
"Application of these technologies represents potential areas to combat burnout," researchers wrote recently in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Factors that fuel patients’ failure to follow-up after ‘probably benign’ breast findings
Age, race, whether they underwent MRI or ultrasound, insurance coverage, and other factors correlated with patients no-showing following a BI-RADS 3 designation.
Sectra earns $353M enterprise imaging contract amid legal challenge
Quebec-headquartered imaging solutions provider Christie Innomed is fighting the deal in court, claiming the bidding process was unfair.
American College of Radiology strongly opposes 1 aspect of new HHS info-blocking rule
On Aug. 5, the Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator released the proposed rule, amending regulations issued under the 21st Century Cures Act.

FDA issues new medical and mobile device draft guidance

The FDA hopes to encourage innovation and interoperability by lowering the regulatory burden on medical device data systems in a new draft guidance published June 20.The document also proposes edits to the mobile medical applications guidance.

June 23, 2014

Making the transition from imaging IT to IS

Imaging IT personnel have unprecedented opportunities to make the transition from the radiology department to enterprise IT, says Louis Lannum, who recently did the same at the Cleveland Clinic.

June 23, 2014

RamSoft Launches Blog to Share Expertise in Radiology

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (PRWEB) May 29, 2014—RamSoft, a leading developer of RIS, PACS, and Teleradiology software solutions, announces the launch of the RamSoft Blog which will feature a wide variety of topics and discussions on workflow improvement strategies and radiology industry trends.

May 30, 2014

CMS Deems NRDR a Qualified Clinical Data Registry

Reston, Va. (May 27, 2014) - The American College of Radiology (ACR) National Radiology Data Registry (NRDR™) has been recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR) for the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). 

May 27, 2014

All-American Teleradiology Launches Telemammography Services

Bay Village, OH (PRWEB) May 27, 2014—All-American Teleradiology announces a strategic partnership with Women's Imaging Associates of Birmingham, Alabama to provide digital breast imaging reading services including telemammography to complement its expanded 24/7/365 coverage.

May 27, 2014

MITA Announces Publication of New Edition of DICOM Standard

Washington, D.C. – The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) today announced the publication of the new edition of the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Standard, which provides capabilities that allow digital imaging technologies to interact seamlessly. The updated edition of the international standard includes an extensible markup language (XML) representation of the standard.

May 23, 2014

John Halamka, CIO: The internet increasingly is a swamp

The “internet increasingly is a swamp,” says Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka in a recorded interview with Information Security Media Group, prompting the prominent CIO to focus in 2014 on what he calls “increased security maturity” throughout the healthcare enterprise.

May 13, 2014

Sorna Continues to Protect its Patents, Files Lawsuit Against PACSGEAR

(Eagan, MN) April 23, 2014 - Sorna Corporation, a global leader in digital medical image and data sharing systems, announced today that it has filed a lawsuit for patent infringement against PACSGEAR, Incorporated, a California corporation. The case was filed in United States District Court for the District of Minnesota.

April 23, 2014

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Health Imaging

Outdated manuals pose MRI safety risks for patients with medical implants

After reviewing years of data from its clinic, one institution discovered that issues with implant data integrity frequently put patients at risk.

Health Imaging

What might reimbursements for proposed MRI safety CPT codes look like?

Prior to the final proposal’s release, the American College of Radiology reached out to CMS to offer its recommendations on payment rates for five out of the six the new codes.

Health Imaging

'A very, very good thing'—CMS proposes reimbursements for providers' efforts to ensure MRI safety

“Before these CPT codes there was no real acknowledgment of the additional burden borne by the providers who accepted these patients."

Health IT

Radiology practice must pay $1.85M to settle class action lawsuit stemming from cyberattack

Hands-free, generative AI system reduces radiologists' time spent creating reports

Factors that fuel patients’ failure to follow-up after ‘probably benign’ breast findings

Sectra earns $353M enterprise imaging contract amid legal challenge

American College of Radiology strongly opposes 1 aspect of new HHS info-blocking rule

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