Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a crucial component of healthcare to help augment physicians and make them more efficient. In medical imaging, it is helping radiologists more efficiently manage PACS worklists, enable structured reporting, auto detect injuries and diseases, and to pull in relevant prior exams and patient data. In cardiology, AI is helping automate tasks and measurements on imaging and in reporting systems, guides novice echo users to improve imaging and accuracy, and can risk stratify patients. AI includes deep learning algorithms, machine learning, computer-aided detection (CAD) systems, and convolutional neural networks. 

Northeastern University joins health IT consortium

Northeastern University has joined the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT), a consortium of teaching hospitals, research labs and engineering schools in the Boston area.

ATMP debuts HIPAA compliance service

ATMP Solutions has launched services to help large health systems and physician practices assess security risks and manage compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Lumedx gets analytical with new digital dashboard

Cardiovascular systems software provider Lumedx has developed an analytics digital dashboard to enable performance monitoring to improve clinical and business outcomes.

MGMA makes MedAssets AdminiServe Partner

Revenue cycle management software provider MedAssets has been selected by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) as an AdminiServe Partner to help MGMA members control costs and manage margins.

Report: Strategic partnerships crucial to success of medical device companies

Strategic partners specializing in lifecycle management can provide the skills and resources that medical device companies need to keep up with the demand for efficiency and innovation, according to a whitepaper from healthcare research firm Frost & Sullivan.

Rossitter to head Sunquest's international office

Healthcare diagnostic IT developer Sunquest Information Systems has hired David Rossitter, MD, as the director of customer operations for its international office, based in Norwich, England.

NQF endorses framework for adverse event reporting

The National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed a framework for public reporting of patient safety events to provide guidance that will standardize an approach to capture and present information about a range of adverse events, from infections and medical complications to errors and accidents in the care process.

Acuo taps Jim Maughan to head migration services

Acuo Technologies has appointed Jim Maughan as head of the companys migration services, which includes 160 migration projects and 70 million contracted studies.

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.