Imaging Informatics

Imaging informatics (also known as radiology informatics, a component of wider medical or healthcare informatics) includes systems to transfer images and radiology data between radiologists, referring physicians, patients and the entire enterprise. This includes picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), wider enterprise image systems, radiology information. systems (RIS), connections to share data with the electronic medical record (EMR), and software to enable advanced visualization, reporting, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, exam ordering, clinical decision support, dictation, and remote image sharing and viewing systems.

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Large language models excel at simplifying radiology reports

Yale scientists sought to gauge how LLMs such as ChatGPT-3.5/4, Google’s Bard (now known as Gemini) and Microsoft Bing could improve readability. 

March 26, 2024

Medical image-sharing startup PocketHealth raises $33M in series B financing

Round13 Capital and the investment arms of Samsung and Deloitte all pitched in, with the company using the money to double its workforce within the next two years.

March 21, 2024
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Novel workflow automatically integrates AI results into structured radiology reports

German experts detailed their experience with the “AI to SR pipeline” in an analysis published Tuesday in Insights into Imaging

March 20, 2024
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Change Healthcare reaches ‘important’ step in resumption of services after cyberattack

To aid in this transition, Change owner UnitedHealth Group has advanced more than $2 billion in payments through multiple initiatives. 

March 18, 2024
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Yakima Valley Radiology experiences data breach

The Washington state-based practice launched an investigation, consulted with cybersecurity experts and is offering credit-monitoring services. 

March 6, 2024

HHS responds to physician concerns raised after Change Healthcare cyberattack

The department is urging managed care plans to relax prior authorization requirements during the outage and instructing MACs to accept paper claims. 

March 6, 2024

Physicians urge HHS to tap emergency funds to help practices survive Change Healthcare cyberattack

“There’s a lot of scrambling among our members,” Radiology Business Management Association Executive Director Bob Still said Monday. 

March 5, 2024
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Change Healthcare cyberattack having an ‘alarming’ impact on physician practices, advocates warn HHS

Since the issue arose on Feb. 21, providers in radiology and other specialties have experienced “substantial” billing and cash flow disruptions, MGMA reported Wednesday. 

February 29, 2024

Around the web

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

Using CT to perform coronary artery calcium scoring on symptomatic chest pain patients can deliver significant value, according to a new data published in Radiology

Peninsula Imaging told Mary Raver in 2014 that a cancerous growth was benign. She now has 18 months to live.

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