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.

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Providing plain language and context in spine imaging reports helps drop opioid prescriptions

The intervention is inexpensive and simple to replicate, UW Medicine experts explained in JAMA Network Open. 

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RSNA offering cash, massive dataset for AI solutions to tackle pulmonary embolism

The Radiological Society of North America launched its fourth annual artificial intelligence challenge, hoping to help docs detect and characterize the condition. 

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New liability concerns emerge for radiologists who have used patient images in presentations

Recent updates to search engines such as Google and Bing may expose imaging data previously thought to be anonymous, ACR, RSNA and SIIM warned. 

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How one radiology department ‘recovered wisely’ to bounce imaging numbers back near pre-COVID levels

University of Cincinnati Health has deployed a data-driven, team-based approach to resuming nonurgent radiology services after it sustained a “sharp,” systemwide decrease in the spring. 

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Radiology practice launches investigation, warns patients after data breach

Mid-Delaware Imaging said it first became aware of the incident earlier this year, with leaders recently notifying the FBI.

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‘A huge game changer’: Penn uses machine learning, radiomics to share brain imaging data privately

“Federated learning,” as it’s called, works by training an algorithm across multiple data servers, without exchanging any images, experts detailed in Scientific Reports. 

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Adding physicians’ phone numbers to radiology reports bolsters patient contact, job satisfaction

That’s according to the results of a recent survey conducted at one private Colorado imaging practice, highlighted in the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

Ambra Health Offers Access to Medical Imaging with Epic Integrations

New capabilities use interoperability to enable patients and physicians alike to instantly access medical imaging. 

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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.