In a blog post today from CMS chief medical officer Patrick Conway, MD, the agency signaled its interest in shortening the 2015 reporting period for the federal Meaningful Use programs to 90 days in 2015.

When Dane’lle Southern was approached by Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging Centers’ (SDMI) CIO to take on the role of PACS administrator for the company, she initially declined, and remembers thinking she couldn’t possibly be a good fit for the position.

Most knowledge about what works and what doesn’t in cancer treatment draws from the meager 3 percent of cancer patients who participate in clinical trials. A new partnership between the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and SAP, the German software giant, looks to leverage “big data” to glean insights from the other 97 percent. 

The Information Systems team at Atlanta Medical Center is not only keeping pace with the rate at which technology is evolving in healthcare, they’re taking the lead.

Radiologists are putting patients at the center of care with the use of 3D modeling in surgical treatment planning. By leveraging image overlay tools available on FUJIFILM Medical’s Synapse 3D solution, radiologists at Keck Hospital, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital, Los Angeles, are using volumetric imaging to generate 3D models of organs and other parts of the anatomy.

Medical image storage has become complex: People expect easy access to images, and with the proliferation of electronic health records (EHR), this includes physicians. Vendor-neutral archive (VNAs) technology provides a single consolidated enterprise image management system, eliminating silo storage of specialized images.

GARNER, NC- Viztek, a digital radiology and health IT innovator, today announced the FDA approval of its Exa PACS. Completely web-based and compatible with all devices and operating systems, the Exa PACS delivers significant efficiency and productivity benefits to hospitals, imaging centers and teleradiology groups via unprecedented PACS accessibility and utility for end users. 

(November 27, 2014 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Today, RamSoft announces the launch of Essence™, PowerServer™ 6.0’s web-based enterprise Business Intelligence module. Essence™ features interactive data, dashboards and reports.