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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HIMSS now in light of HMSS then

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has come a long way since its first national convention in 1962, when it had a roster of 54 members, no “I” in its acronym and a grand total of $587.03 in the bank. 

Apollo PACS announces name change

Apollo PACS has announced that it is changing its name to Apollo Enterprise Imaging Corp. 

HIMSS and SIIM join forces to tackle enterprise imaging challenges

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) are teaming up in an effort to advance the adoption and capabilities of enterprise-wide image sharing strategies.

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A comprehensive enterprise strategy

Writing for the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) last year, Louis M. Lannum shared a list of the most important things to consider when developing an organization's enterprise imaging program.

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New PACS, same values: A Texas hospital stays focused on its mission with new technology

Sponsored by Merge, an IBM company

When your organization puts values first, those values inform everything, from how patients are treated to the technology you install to provide care.

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Major academic medical system advances image management with Sectra Enterprise Imaging

Sponsored by Sectra

University Hospitals in Cleveland is half of the way through implementing a true enterprise image-management solution—a.k.a. VNA (vendor neutral archive)—and one key insider sees the advance as “a huge goldmine for patient care.”

Fujifilm Continues to Advance VNA Technology and Interoperability at HIMSS 2016

Healthcare providers realize efficiencies and reduce costs with Synapse VNA

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Teleradiology: A Utility for Telemedicine?

Radiology’s information highway offers unique opportunities for value and revenue enhancement

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.