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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State, federal officials: health IT can expand care, save costs

A forum of both state elected officials and federal congressional stafftook place at HIMSS 2007 in New Orleans this week, highlighting thecomplexities of health IT efforts on both political landscapes.

Tennessee governor: Get moving with health IT, offers goals to simplify

Governor Phil Breseden of Tennessee urged simplicity in the marchtowards advancing eHealth initiatives nationally during his keynoteaddress at the HIMSS 2007 conference in New Orleans today.

ONC town hall meeting shows progress, frustration

Dr. Robert Kolodner, interim national coordinator and the leadershipteam from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health InformationTechnology (ONCHIT) moderated a town hall meeting yesterday at HIMSS2007 in New Orleans.

HIMSS puts theory to practice in the Big Easy

The HIMSS 2007 Annual Conference kicked off yesterday in New Orleans, alocation ideal for the conference focused on health informationtechnology (IT) advancements due to its ongoing recovering from theravages of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

HITSP takes a look ahead at standards harmonization

Last year HITSP (Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel) putforward 30 new health IT standards within its priority focus areas for2006 which included consumer empowerment, electronic health records,and biosurveillance. This comprised 12,000 working hours on the part ofHITSP, and according to John D. Halamka, MD, Chair HITSP, speaking atHIMSS 2007 in New Orleans today, the panel expects that the same amountof work will be done in 2007 as well.

Executive Announcements: Eclipsys gets new VP; Misys Healthcare names new general manager

Eclipsys Corporation has named Joe Petro as senior vice president ofproduct development. In the role he will be responsible for all aspectsof Eclipsys' product development organization.

Survey: Private sector outdoing states on EMR adoption

Though 57 percent of private-sector healthcare facilities are currentlyusing EMRs, only 19 percent of state-run facilities have adopted them,according to research released by Citrix Systems, a provider ofapplication delivery infrastructures.

Medicare to provide physician performance data

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) qualityimprovement organization Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care(Delmarva) has entered into subcontracts with four regionalcollaboratives, as part of the Better Quality Information to ImproveCare for Medicare Beneficiaries (BQI) project.

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