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 systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

Intelerad announces release of latest version of cross-enterprise workflow platform

Intelerad Medical Systems has announced the release of InteleOne XE, the latest version of the company’s cross-enterprise workflow and universal image access solution.

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Spacecraft crash injury, sea lion attack and other oddities of ICD-10

The much delayed ICD-10 transition has been on the minds of healthcare providers for years, but medical coding is usually a little dry for mainstream media headlines. With the number of codes soon to approach 140,000, however, they are starting to get very specific—and general public is beginning to notice.

Lawmakers join groups urging MU delay

A bipartisan group of congressional leaders has joined other calls for a delay in the Meaningful Use program. 

IT key to reducing redundant, dual-modality chest imaging in the ED

Of 3,627 emergency patients imaged twice for cardiothoracic concerns at two academic medical centers over a five-year period—once with chest x-ray and once with chest CT—50.3 percent were sent to the second modality before the final radiology report on the first was available.

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EHR integration of radiology alerts speeds up—but doesn’t significantly change rate of—follow-ups

Integrating nonurgent but clinically significant radiology alerts into the EHR offers a workable way to manage followup patient care—and the integration doesn’t impede closed-loop communication between radiologists and referring physicians. 

Mach7 updates enterprise imaging software

Mach7 Technologies, developer of medical imaging management technology, has announced the release of the latest version of the Mach7 Enterprise Imaging Platform.

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Associations, vendors offering ICD-10 education ahead of deadline

Tick, tick, tick. The ICD-10 implementation next month is almost here, and a number of organizations are offering last-minute education and checklists to get prepped ahead of the deadline.

vRad Preparing Clients for Complex ICD-10 Compliance

Rad (Virtual Radiologic), an affiliate of MEDNAX Inc. (NYSE: MD) and the nation’s leading telemedicine company and radiology practice, announced today that it has completed required system updates so that its 2,100 client facilities can effectively transmit and process complete clinical history, technical and diagnostic data, including standardized code sets necessary to meet new ICD-10 documentation requirements for nearly 6 million studies transmitted annually.

Around the web

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

Back in September, the FDA approved GE HealthCare’s new PET radiotracer, flurpiridaz F-18, for patients with known or suspected CAD. It is seen by many in the industry as a major step forward in patient care. 

After three years of intermittent shortages of nuclear imaging tracer technetium-99m pyrophosphate, there are no signs of the shortage abating.