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.

Michael Peters

Michael Peters, ACR: The MU–MIPS connection and Stage 3 MU

Sponsored by Konica Minolta

According to CMS's latest attestation data, some 4,720 unique diagnostic radiologists have at least one year of participation in Stage 1 or Stage 2 Meaningful Use under their belts. This cohort has made around 9,000 unique attestations since 2011, showing quantifiable and clinically significant use of certified EHR technology.

October 21, 2015
Imaging Specialists of Charleston

How improving prior authorization helps your patients, referring physicians, and your imaging practice

Sponsored by Merge, an IBM company

Imaging Specialists of Charleston, a radiologist-owned, full-service medical imaging center in a South Carolina suburb faces stiff competition in its region, specifically from a trio of hospital-based imaging providers.

October 21, 2015

Are you secure? PACS, MRIs and other medical devices at risk of being hacked, says security experts

If you think your patients and patient information are secure from hackers, you may want to stop and take a closer look. According to a presentation made by two security researchers at DerbyCon 5.0 in Louisville, Ky., many healthcare provider computer systems and medical devices in the United States are vulnerable to hackers.

September 29, 2015
Luke Bideaux, BSRT, RT (R), CIIP

As referrers seek efficient communications with radiologists, Direct Messaging offers a key solution

RamSoft

Secure Direct Messaging capabilities have become must-have components for many if not most users of RIS and PACS. While Meaningful Use’s requirements around the technology have spurred much of the adoption, Direct Messaging has grown in popularity by its own merits.

September 28, 2015

IBM Watson Health announces new general manager, products, partnerships

IBM made several big announcements about the future of IBM Watson Health last week, building on the momentum it gained from acquiring Merge Healthcare back in August. 

September 11, 2015

Deadline near for submitting abstracts to SIIM 2016

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2016 Annual Meeting doesn’t kick off until June 29, 2016, but the deadline for submitting original scientific abstracts to the SIIM 2016 Scientific Program is rapidly approaching.

September 2, 2015

FDA grants 510(k) clearance to new HealthMyne platform

HealthMyne, an imaging informatics company, announced this week that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to its new platform. 

August 27, 2015

TeraRecon names new president

TeraRecon, a global medical image management company, announced that Jeff Sorenson is the company’s new president.

August 25, 2015

Around the web

"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

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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