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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Consumer, government expectations could push health IT

Adoption of electronic health records (EHR) could get a push ashospitals and insurers face pressure from consumers, companies, and thegovernment to adopt the technology. TheGartner Group research firm is predicting that health IT expenditureswill go up as much as 4.7 percent from 2005 to 2010.

HealthTech Act introduced to boost health IT efforts

This week U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Olympia Snowe(R-Maine) introduced the Health Information Technology Act of 2007,also known as the “HealthTech Act,” designed to provide tax incentivesand resources to offset the costs of investing in health IT.

Verizon offers employees new web-based PHR

Verizon has implemented a new program that provides company employeeswith secure access online to their medical and prescription history viaa personal health record which can be shared with healthcare providers.

IRS allows hospitals to assist docs in obtaining EHRs

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Friday issued a two-page memorandumto hospitals declaring that the facilities can now provide financialassistance to doctors seeking to adopt electronic health records (EHRs)without losing tax-exempt status.

eHealth Initiative releases communications tools, survey results

The eHealth Initiative Foundation (eHI) released last week researchfindings and a fully customizable set of communications tools designedto enhance consumer understanding of the benefits of health IT andhealth information exchange.

Executive news: Richardson Electronics names new healthcare VP, Imaging on Call gets COO

Richardson Electronics named Harley Firth as vice president –healthcare for North America. Firth will be responsible for the salesand operations management of the Healthcare Division of the DisplaySystems Group, including product development and engineering, productmanagement and marketing, and professional services.

Convenient Care Association issues quality and safety standards for retail clinics

To ensure consistent, high-quality care at retail health care clinicsnationwide, the Convenient Care Association (CCA), the non-profitorganization for the Convenient Care Industry (CCI), has issued 10mandatory standards of care for its member organizations that operatemore than 300 retail clinics in 21 states.

Returning soldiers confront medical claim complications

Some injured soldiers at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center are nowfacing financial problems, in addition to unsanitary conditions,because the Department of Veterans Affairs struggles to approvedisability claims in a timely manner. Some veterans are forced to waittwo years before they receive funds to pay for their living expensesand other financial needs.

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