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 systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

KLAS Names Intelerad PACS Top Software

The research firm KLAS has named Intelerad Medical Systems number one in its ranking of ambulatory PACS.

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If Clinically Indicated, Clinically Correlate

Radiologists are clinicians consultants. We direct clinical management based on our expert interpretation of patient images. Yet, in many cases, radiology reports may not reflect our clinical expertise. Common problems include overuse of vague terminology and omission of the impression. Addressing these flaws can go a long way toward meeting clinicians needs and improving patient care.

New Wave May Approach Hospital Replacement PACS

The research firm KLAS reports that nearly 1 in 6 hospitals with more than 1,000 beds plan to replace their PACS system. Most hospitals, however, are more focused on meeting meaningful use criteria, based on a survey conducted by the firm.

Cloud-based Image-sharing Solution Gives On-demand Access to Images

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

Streamlining interaction between imaging departments and referring clinicians not only saves time, lives, and duplicate studies, but can also improve productivity. One of the most powerful new approaches to eliminating the physical and networking barriers to image sharing is the use of cloud computing.

Rex Healthcare: Taking the Logical Next Step in Image Exchange

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

As someone who has found himself—more than once—in a mad dash to catch the day’s last FedEx® pickup so that an out-of-town physician could have a patient’s images stat, Tom Hasley sees the wisdom of a cloud-based solution to image delivery. Hasley is systems support manager, ambulatory services, for Rex Healthcare (Raleigh, North Carolina), and he

RSNA Image Share Network Enrolls First Patients

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

Patients are at the center of control in an ongoing effort by the RSNA to standardize the way that medical images are shared on the Internet. In August 2011, The RSNA Image Share Network started enrolling its first patients to have images and reports stored electronically, through an online network accessible anywhere in the world.

Leveraging Technology to Stay Competitive: Charleston Radiologists

Charleston Radiologists in South Carolina is an 18-radiologist group that covers three hospitals, as well as several urgent-care centers and physicians’ offices that offer medical imaging. Michael Garovich, MD, a radiologist with the group, says, “For images from these smaller, outside entities to get into our PACS, the demographic information had

Preparing for ACOs: The Radiology Group Evolves

In November, CMS released the final rule for the formation of accountable-care organizations (ACOs), intended to spark a transition away from fee-for-service medicine and toward value-based purchasing. Groups of providers can begin registering as ACOs as early as April 2012, positioning themselves to be paid according to their ability to reduce

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The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

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