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.

Social Media and Health Care: Challenges and Potential

On February 10, 2011, Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota) launched its Social Media Health Network, a group aimed at leveraging social media to improve health care. Charter members of the network include Mayo Clinic; Bon Secours Health System (Marriottsville, Maryland); Inova Health System (Falls Church, Virginia); Mission Health System (Asheville,

Cloud Computing for Imaging: Ready for Prime Time

Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center, Reno, Nevada, first considered a cloud-based platform when its 12–year-old PACS was on its last legs. Facing a significant capital expenditure to replace it with another traditional PACS, the team at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center wondered whether it would be possible to achieve similar or better clinical

PACS Backed by the Cloud

While cost reduction initially prompts many health-care organizations to investigate cloud computing, there is an even more compelling reason to use it. By making your internal IT resources available for projects needing immediate attention, you enhance your agility, according to “Cloud Computing: Taking It to the Next Level,” presented on February

INFINITT Dives Into UK PACS Market

INFINITT Healthcare, a global player in picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS), and 3D Visualization software, yesterday announced that that it has signed a three-year contract extension to provide Enterprise-wide PACS solutions for The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NUTH), one

BRIT Systems, RelWare Form Partnership to Provide Integrated EHR/RIS/PACS

BRIT Systems, Inc. and RelWare earlier this week announced a partnership agreement under whose terms the two companies will provide an integrated, Web-based EHR/RIS/PACS solution to hospitals, imaging clinics, and large group practices. Comprising BRIT’s RoentgenWorks PACS/RIS and RelWare’s ONC-Certified EXR EHR, the joint offering will allow users

PACS Software Effective In Generating ADC Measurements, Study Reveals

While specialized workstations have traditionally been used to generate apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements necessary for quantitative analysis of diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI-MR), PACS software works equally well in accomplishing this task, according to a study conducted by a research team from the Department of Radiology of

Failure to Set Policy Tops List of Security Risks

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

While RIS and PACS have become indispensable components of the electronic health record (EHR), they also pose risks to patient security and data integrity. These risks can range in scope from blaster worms to the curious technologist to just plain carelessness, and steps must be taken to secure the personally identifiable information contained in

Data Conundrum: Ensuring Critical Access While Preserving Privacy

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

A health care provider that is too intent on protecting personally identifiable patient information could take patient privacy beyond the level that is optimal for patient care. At the Children’s Hospital (Denver, Colorado), however, Chris Goodale, radiology data systems administrator, prevented this problem by limiting access to radiology

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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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