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.

Commercially available AI increases breast cancer detection by nearly 20%
Results from the world’s largest prospective artificial intelligence study revealed the system could significantly benefit breast cancer screening programs.
Clinicians want AI to show its work
Providers are more likely to trust AI when they understand how it arrives at its conclusions.
ACR Assess-AI national data registry tracks performance of clinical algorithms
Christoph Wald, MD, vice chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors, explains how the new Assess-AI National Radiology Data Registry is designed to help monitor accuracy and other metrics for radiology artificial intelligence.
New cardiac prevention paradigm explored in TRANSFORM trial using AI and CCTA
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.
PHOTO GALLERY: Medical imaging technology at RSNA 2024
Take a virtual tour around the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting to see the sights and new technologies displayed across the vast exhibit hall floors.

CHIME/HIMSS: Generational gaps make stable health IT workforce a 'fantasy'

ATLANTA--The healthcare industry workforce in 2010 is composed of baby boomers who are unable to retire, counting for approximately 35 percent of the employees, said Marilyn Moats Kennedy, MSJ, CEO of Moats/Kennedy during the 2010 CHIME/HIMSS CIO Forum.

March 1, 2010

HIMSS: Project management teams that maximize benefits together

ATLANTA--Make sure you clarify and quantify your project management objectives as early as possible to avoid misinterpretation, said Dan Furlong, MBA, project management officer at the Charleston, S.C.,-based Medical University of South Carolinas College of Health Professions during a pre-conference workshop at HIMSS10 today.

March 1, 2010

CHIME: EHR implementation is big hurdle for CIOs to meet meaningful use

ATLANTAUpgrading or implementing a certified EHR system will be one of the largest challenges for healthcare CIOs and IT executives in helping their organizations meet the meaningful use requirements, according to a survey released today by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) during the HIMSS10 conference.

March 1, 2010

HIMSS: ONC exec calls for input, outlines its challenges

ATLANTA--David Hunt, MD, chief medical officer and acting director of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), described the work ahead for his agency. At ONC, 2010 is a bit of a moment. Its incredibly exciting and more than a little bit scary, Hunt conveyed during the opening keynote of the Physicians IT Symposium today at HIMSS10.

March 1, 2010

Long named Zynx Health's chief technology officer

Mark Long, PhD, has been named chief technology officer for the Los Angeles-based health IT company Zynx Health.

February 26, 2010

Health IT Standards Committee: Privacy & Security group present IFR language, EHR module concerns

During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Privacy & Security Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on an initial set of standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria for EHRs for the interim final rule (IFR) of meaningful use.

February 26, 2010

CML Healthcare reshuffles execs in medical imaging unit

CML HealthCare Income Fund has appointed Kent Wentzell, formerly the general manager of CML's Canadian medical imaging services to senior vice president of operations of its U.S. medical imaging business, including American Radiology Services.

February 25, 2010

HIMSS: Rauland-Borg to showcase Versus' RTLS

Rauland-Borg (Booth #5603) will showcase the system integration of Versus Technologys real time locating system (RTLS) to Raulands Responder 5 Nurse Call at the HIMSS10 conference March 1-3 in Atlanta.

February 25, 2010

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