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 systems, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

Key trends in enterprise imaging
Radiology is going though a period of disruption with a growing radiologist shortage, decreasing reimbursements and increasing numbers of exams, making workflow efficiency a critical concern.
Disruptions to small practices’ operations remain ‘severe and ongoing’ months after Change cyberattack
Owner UnitedHealth had claimed services would be largely restored by late March, but doc groups such as the MGMA claim things are still a mess.
Radiologist-founded technology startup Smart Reporting raises $25M
Munich, Germany-based TVM Capital Life Science led the Series C financing round with additional contributions from Bayern Kapital and existing investors.
Small practices left vulnerable after Change Healthcare cyberattack, with some considering bankruptcy
"These survey data show, in stark terms, that practices will close because of this incident," said AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD.
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.

Stronger report wording, direct calls to referrers help boost outpatients’ follow-up imaging odds

Only 65% of patients actually receive recommended additional imaging in this setting, with a median turnaround time of 50 days, according to a new study.

March 28, 2023

How one radiology department increased use of its alert system for critical imaging findings

Almost 10% of radiology reports contain such an alert and communication of them is crucial to keeping patients safe and avoiding malpractice lawsuits.

March 24, 2023

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Nuance announces first fully AI-automated clinical documentation tool in healthcare

DAX Express utilizes the advanced reasoning and natural-language capabilities of OpenAI’s GPT-4 to generate draft reports "in seconds," the company said Monday.

March 21, 2023

Closing the loop and settling rare clinical disagreements between radiologists at the same institution

Oftentimes, these deviations can occur informally, but experts believe careful documentation is needed to resolve them in a timely fashion.

February 24, 2023

Attendees at RSNA 2022 in the Sectra booth learning about how enterprise imaging can help with workflows and connect numerous departments together for imaging. Photo by Dave Fornell

Rankings of radiology IT solutions by end-users in the 2023 Best in KLAS program

End-users of various radiology IT systems offer their assessment of the software in the annual KLAS Research 2023 Best in KLAS report.

February 22, 2023

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into radiology PACS and enterprise imaging systems has become a big topic of discussion with IT vendors over the past couple years. This has become a bigger question from hospitals and radiology groups as there are now about 400 radiology related AI algorithms that have U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance. Amy Thompson, a senior analyst at Signify Research, is monitoring radiology AI trends. Photo by Dave Fornell

Trends in the adoption and integration of AI into radiology workflows

Amy Thompson, a senior analyst at Signify Research, explains why AI adoption has been slow in radiology, common barriers and trends in the market.

February 17, 2023

Amy Thompson, a senior analyst at Signify Research, explains what she is seeing in the market for radiology PACS. She said the biggest overall strategic technology trends are wider adoption of enterprise imaging systems expanding beyond radiology to include other departments, migration to cloud data storage, and adoption of artificial intelligence. Components of these integrate into the 5 trends in radiology IT systems outlined below.

5 key trends in PACS and enterprise imaging from Signify Research

Signify Research explains several key trends in the evolution of radiology PACS and enterprise imaging systems, including adoption of artificial intelligence, streamlining workflow, implementing structured reporting and more.

February 15, 2023

7 steps to ‘new era of personalized medicine’ by way of radiomic analysis

Quantifiable features of medical images such as pixel intensity, arrangement, color and texture—in a word, radiomics—can help radiologists improve diagnostic accuracy.

February 15, 2023

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Radiology AI company gains FDA clearance for new CT offerings focused on PE, stroke

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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Key trends in enterprise imaging

Disruptions to small practices’ operations remain ‘severe and ongoing’ months after Change cyberattack

Radiologist-founded technology startup Smart Reporting raises $25M

Small practices left vulnerable after Change Healthcare cyberattack, with some considering bankruptcy

Google teams with Bayer to address radiologist burnout via AI

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