Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS), enterprise image systems, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

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HIMSS reports on 2016’s ‘growth technologies’

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics has published a report on some of the technologies shaping hospitals’ purchase plans in 2016.

Vital Images launches new ‘VNA on demand’ platform

Vital Images announced today the launch of VNA on demand, a “next generation vendor neutral platform” which will allow customers to store only desired images and control the process of image storage more efficiently, the company said in a press release.

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Study shows newest version of PI-RADS improves cancer diagnosis

The second version of the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) is effective at preoperatively predicting clinically significant prostate cancers, according to results of a Korean study published online in the journal Radiology.

New app allows providers to calculate contrast agent doses

GadCalc, a new iOS app for smartphones and tablets, helps healthcare providers track contrast agent doses. The University of Wisconsin-Madison radiology department first made its gadolinium dose calculator available to the public in 2014, and it was such a hit that the technology has now been developed into GadCalc. 

vRAD selects Double Black Imaging LED displays

vRad, a leading teleradiology service and telemedicine company with over 350 radiologists, has selected Double Black Imaging as their display provider.  Double Black Imaging develops auto-calibrating LED systems for PACS and Mammography along with their X-CAL Calibration Software suite which is written in Westminster, CO.

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System looks to compare radiology results with downstream clinical information

A system comparing radiology findings with diagnoses provided by other clinical data sources was recently put to the test in a study published online in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Early indications are that it passed.

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RSNA: A template library grows in radiology

CHICAGO—Radiologists looking to improve their reporting chops have now viewed and/or downloaded the templates of best-practice radiology reports posted to radreport.org, the online template library of RSNA’s reporting initiative, some 2.6 million times. 

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RSNA 2015 checklist: 5 sessions to let radiology ‘in’ on informatics

In 2016 and beyond, radiologists will need to tap imaging informatics in constantly expanding ways if they are to show their chops to referrers, patients and—not least—payers on diagnostic accuracy, workflow efficiency and report usability. 

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GE HealthCare launches new cardiac CT scanner with advanced AI capabilities

GE HealthCare designed the new-look Revolution Vibe CT scanner to help hospitals and health systems embrace CCTA and improve overall efficiency.

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Bracco updates HeartSee coronary flow capacity software with new diagnostic features

Clinicians have been using HeartSee to diagnose and treat coronary artery disease since the technology first debuted back in 2018. These latest updates, set to roll out to existing users, are designed to improve diagnostic performance and user access.

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Key trends in diagnostic heart testing: CT on the rise as some traditional techniques fall out of favor

The cardiac technologies clinicians use for CVD evaluations have changed significantly in recent years, according to a new analysis of CMS data. While some modalities are on the rise, others are being utilized much less than ever before.