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. 

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OCR proposes to expand PIMS in HITECH Act

The Office for Civil Right (OCR) in the Department of Health and Human Services, in accordance with the Privacy Act, has proposed to modify the Program Information Management System (PIMS), regarding its use of data from organizations concerning breaches of protected health information.

HL7 to ONC: Continuum of care EHR interoperability should be certified

Health Level Seven International (HL7) has strongly recommended that health IT other than EHR systems be certified in its comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) supporting forward movement on the development of programs for the voluntary certification of health IT.

Court permits MedQuist to buy rival Spheris for $116.3M

Medical transcription company MedQuist, its majority shareholder CBay and health IT company Spheris has announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has approved the sale of substantially all of Spheris assets to MedQuist and CBay.

Oracle to acquire data management provider Phase Forward for $685M

Phase Forward, a provider of data management technologies for clinical trials and drug safety, has agreed to be acquired by Oracle for approximately $685 million.

Muduroglu appointed CEO of Medicalis

Medicalis, a developer of information-driven clinical and workflow technologies, has appointed Oran Muduroglu as CEO.

Health Affairs: EMR adoption could prove difficult

Providers and policy makers should consider alternative software and informatics models before investing in currently available EMR systems, according to Rushika Fernandopulle, principal with Renaissance Health in Cambridge, Mass., and Neil Patel, associate medical director of the AtlantiCare Special Care Center in Atlantic City, N.J., in an opinion article in the April edition of Health Affairs.

2 hospitals join western New York information exchange

Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center and Mount St. Marys Hospital have joined western New York clinical information exchange HEALTHeLINK.

Divurgent joins CHIME Foundation

Healthcare consulting firm Divurgent has joined the Foundation of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).

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