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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Healthcare IT standards still in flux

Amid the calls from President Barack Obama's administration and Congress for a proposed $20 billion investment in healthcare IT, a tempest is brewing as to what standards should be adopted by providers to ensure interoperability of medical records on a nationwide basis.

CCHIT: $20B IT investment would jump-start healthcare

Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD, chair of the Certification Commission for Health IT (CCHIT), said that a $20 billion investment in healthcare IT would be the "best $20 billion you'll ever spend," and offered a few spending suggestions, in an open letter to President Barack Obama and Congress.

ProStor chooses Harbist as president, CEO

ProStor Systems, a supplier of removable disk storage solutions for business backup and archiving, has chosen Frank Harbist to join ProStor as president and CEO.

RTI names new president, new positions

RTI Electronics has restructured positions within the company, including the appointment of a new president.

Aetna takes $20M hit for Ingenix data use; UnitedHealth to pay $350M more

Aetna has agreed to pay $20 million to settle accusations from the state of New York that it and other payors used a manipulated systemIngenixto shortchange doctors and hospitals on reimbursements for out-of-network services.

CCHIT to expand certification programs

The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) is seeking public comment on a roadmap for expansion of its healthcare IT certification programs.

Arizona, Utah to test CMS PHR pilot

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has launched its Medicare Personal Health Records (PHR) Choice Pilot in Arizona and Utah.

Gold nanocages change lymph node biopsy, reduce radiation exposure

Information obtained from a new application of photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is worth its weight in gold to breast cancer patients, according to researchers at Washington University in St. Louis.

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