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.

Gamma Medica teams up with leaders in medical imaging equipment, expanding MBI use

Gamma Medica announced that it is teaming up with Medical Imaging and Capital X-Ray to provide women access to Gamma Medica's LunaGEM Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) system.

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Enterprise PACS packs the punch when it doubles as a VNA too

Sponsored by Sectra

There is no doubt that vendor neutral archives (VNAs) have gained favor over the last several years in managing medical images. But there is some debate over whether hospitals really need both a VNA and a PACS. If PACS can do double duty as VNA and PACS, why do you need both? As we see it, you don’t, as long as you have a true enterprise PACS and here’s why.

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Leverage The Expertise Of Cleveland Clinic Imaging Institute

Cleveland Clinic

2016 marked the first time Cleveland Clinic Imaging Institute exhibited at RSNA, and Radiology Business was eager to learn more about their big news on radiology group collaboration.

IntellaPACS announces name change to Emergent Connect

In an effort to further its commitment to healthcare, IntellaPACS, a leading provider of cloud-based PACS software, has changed its corporate name to Emergent Connect.

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Riverside University Health System springboards from PACS upgrade to EMR collaboration

Sponsored by Sectra

Nearly two decades ago, the PACS race was on in Southern California’s Inland Empire. The main event pitted the regional medical center, 439-bed Riverside County Regional Medical Center, against the larger 719-bed Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC). In 1998, Riverside won the race by about six months, installing the first PACS in the region and, in the process, becoming the first hospital in the U.S. to select Sectra PACS.

Mass General making strides in machine learning

Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston was the first medical institution to receive an NVIDIA DGX-1, a supercomputer purpose-built for machine learning and artificial intelligence applications.

Radiological Society of North America Becomes Member of CommonWell Health Alliance

Oak Brook, Ill., and Boston, Mass., (Dec. 1, 2016) – Today, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced it is joining CommonWell Health Alliance® as a General Member to help break down barriers to nationwide data exchange. CommonWell, a non-profit trade association, is dedicated to the simple vision that health data should be available regardless of where care occurs.

MEG imaging provides a new way of diagnosing mild traumatic brain injury

Researchers from Simon Fraser University, the Hospital for Sick Children and Defense Research and Development Canada teamed together using magnetoencephalography (MEG) imaging to develop a new technique to improve the diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury.

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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.