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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Google teams with Bayer to address radiologist burnout via AI

"Gen AI can help tackle repetitive tasks and provide insights into massive datasets, saving valuable time," Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said Tuesday. 

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Hospital system data sharing initiative leads to 80% of patients accessing their imaging records

The change was made to comply with the information blocking rule in the 21st Century Cures Act.

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Large language models excel at simplifying radiology reports

Yale scientists sought to gauge how LLMs such as ChatGPT-3.5/4, Google’s Bard (now known as Gemini) and Microsoft Bing could improve readability. 

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Medical image-sharing startup PocketHealth raises $33M in series B financing

Round13 Capital and the investment arms of Samsung and Deloitte all pitched in, with the company using the money to double its workforce within the next two years.

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Novel workflow automatically integrates AI results into structured radiology reports

German experts detailed their experience with the “AI to SR pipeline” in an analysis published in Insights into Imaging

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Change Healthcare reaches ‘important’ step in resumption of services after cyberattack

To aid in this transition, Change owner UnitedHealth Group has advanced more than $2 billion in payments through multiple initiatives. 

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Data breach at Eastern Radiologists exposes 866,000 patient records

The imaging chain has three locations and serves patients across eastern North Carolina.

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Sectra signs $20.4M enterprise imaging contract with academic health system

The unnamed U.S. university conducts about 2 million imaging exams each year across more than 10 hospitals. 

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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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