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.

Carestream Begins Shipping Upgraded Clinical Collaboration Platform that Expedites, Enhances Radiology Reporting Workflow

Carestream Health is now shipping an upgraded version of its Clinical Collaboration Platform that is designed to both expedite and enhance radiology reporting workflow.

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Computer-led protocol selection could automate workflow, save radiologists time

As their duties are seemingly always piled sky-high, radiologists often wonder which aspects of their job they can trust to automated technology. Selecting protocols for standard CT and MRI exams could be one of them, a group of Detroit researchers reported this month in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

Ordering providers are producing less clinical information in radiology requisitions

The quality of communication between ordering providers and radiologists via radiology requisitions is declining, according to a new study published in Academic Radiology. If this trend continues, it could potentially hurt a radiologist’s ability to provide the best patient care possible.

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Ambra Health to offer cloud-based medical imaging platform in Japan

Ambra Health has reached an agreement with MC Healthcare, a medical distributor and subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corporation, to offer a cloud-based medical imaging platform in Japan.

Cloud-based Exa Enterprise Imaging with Rapid Access to 3D Breast Tomosynthesis and Other Imaging Studies Helps Woman Care Provider Increase Productivity by 20%

Assured Imaging, the leading provider of mobile digital mammography in the United States, is reporting significantly increased patient volume and radiologist productivity nine months after implementing the Exa™ Enterprise Imaging platform from Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. Exa has helped the organization increase radiologist productivity by 20%.

Implementing resident-led radiology rounds: 3 key takeaways

Radiology rounds were once common, allowing radiologists and referring physicians to interact on a regular basis and discuss patient care. Today, however, they are largely a thing of the past.

Neurologists value imaging reports more if they come from subspecialized radiologists

Neurologists are likely to put more worth into radiology reports if the radiologist responsible for them holds a subspecialization in the field, Dutch researchers reported early this month in Clinical Radiology.

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What can the National Lung Screening Trial teach us about incidental thyroid nodules?

How common are incidental thyroid nodules (ITNs) in the U.S. screening population? And which ITNs should receive further evaluation? A researcher from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, examined data from the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) to answer those questions, sharing her findings in a new study for Academic Radiology.

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.