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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Bush order to widen access to healthcare cost and quality

President Bush on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed an enablingpatients to have more information regarding cost and quality of theirhealthcare, the Associated Press reports.

Survey: many Americans view healthcare system as wasteful, unsafe

A new study indicates that most patients in the United States view thehealthcare they receive as generally lacking, according to a new surveyfrom The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance HealthSystem, which found 42 percent of respondents reporting that the carethey received is lacking.

Medicsight names new CFO

Medicsight Inc. recently announced that Allan Rowley has been appointedchief financial officer and director, replacing interim CFO anddirector, Glyn Thomas.

MedQuist appoints new COO

MedQuist Inc. last week announced the appointment of Linda Reino as itsnew chief operating officer. Reino will begin her new post at thebeginning of October.

Privacy concerns grow over health IT bill

In late July the U.S. House of Representatives passed a health IT bill(H.R. 4157) that would seek to promote technology adoption inhealthcare — such as electronic medical records and other systems — toimprove care, reduce medical errors, and ease the exchange of essentialhealth information.

InnerWireless taps new VP of product development

InnerWireless Inc. recently announced the appointment of Janet Lind, Ph.D., as vice president of product development.

VirtualScopics names new president and CEO

Image-related biomarker provider VirtualScopics Inc. announced Monday the appointment of Jeffrey Markin as the company’s new president and chief executive officer, as well as a member of the board.

Sage to buy Emdeons Practice Services unit

Sage Software last week announced plans to purchase Emdeon Practice Services (EPS), based in Tampa, Fla., from Emdeon Inc. for approximately $565 million. The acquisition is expected to be completed in September.

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