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.

COVID-19 coronavirus

RSNA officially launches massive open database of COVID-19 medical images

It says more than 200 healthcare institutions across the globe have now expressed interest in participating, with “substantial” datasets already added to the repository. 

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EHR-based clinical decision support helps radiologists make dent in low-value pediatric imaging

When a child shows up at the emergency department with a traumatic brain injury, the encounter can often result in a costly head CT scan that provides little benefit to the patient, experts wrote Tuesday in JACR. 

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ACR launches COVID-19 imaging registry to help tackle the pandemic

Participating institutions will contribute demographic information, signs and symptoms data, imaging exams, lab tests and patient outcomes.

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Money, time and tech among barriers preventing widespread lung cancer screening adoption

That’s according to a new survey of various clinician types, published recently in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 

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How Harvard radiologists rapidly adopted a new reporting structure for possible COVID-19 patients

Others have previously designed such reporting and data systems, but those do not specifically address radiology department workflows, Brigham and Women's experts wrote in JACR

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More than 20% of patients have caught errors in their radiology report or other doc notes

That’s according to a new survey of almost 30,000 consumers, led by Harvard Medical School and published in JAMA Network Open

Nanox

Radiology disrupter Nanox collects $20M from South Korean telecom giant, eyeing 5G imaging

This is in addition to SK’s previous contribution of $5 million and balloons the Israeli system-maker’s fundraising total to $80 million from the likes of Fujifilm and Foxconn

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San Francisco startup dealing in cloud-based AI imaging technology raises $28M

Arterys announced the capital infusion on May 29, with the lion’s share of funding coming from Benslie Investment Group and Temasek Holdings. 

Around the web

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.