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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SIIM 2015: Data mining and decision support for personalized cancer screening management

National Harbor, Md.—Consensus statements, organizational guidelines, population-based recommendations—these have traditionally guided clinical decision support in the practice of radiology. The future, as outlined in a paper presented at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2015 annual meeting, may lie in mining “big data” to create individualized patient management strategies.

SIIM 2015: Hospital’s custom mobile PACS viewer gets positive reception from users

National Harbor, Md.—When Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center needed to find a better way of viewing medical images on mobile devices, they went the do-it-yourself route, and have gotten good results, according to a presentation at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting.

SIIM 2015: Top 10 health IT security points to remember

National Harbor, Md.—When it comes to data breaches in healthcare, learn from the mistakes of others. That was the message during a presentation on IT security at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2015 annual meeting. That and don’t share your passwords.

Agfa HealthCare debuts Enterprise Imaging Exchange Program at SIIM 2015

Agfa HealthCare announced today the launch of its Enterprise Imaging Exchange Program which establishes a secure health information exchange network between multispecialty collaborating health providers to exchange and share medical imaging data. 

FUJIFILM expands healthcare IT portfolio at SIIM 2015

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. continues to expand its healthcare IT portfolio, and is taking Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) into new areas with its latest acquisition of TeraMedica, Inc., by further enhancing the patient imaging record at the 2015 annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) on May 28 – May 30 in Washington, D.C.

Cambia Health Solutions leads new round of investment in lifeIMAGE

lifeIMAGE announced today that it has closed a $17.5 million round of financing led by Cambia Health Solutions (Portland, Ore.), a nonprofit total health solutions company dedicated to transforming health care by creating a person-focused and economically sustainable system.

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SIIM 2015 helping address informatics challenges

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2015 annual meeting kicked off on Thursday near Washington, D.C., with a slate of engaging presentations that laid out some of the biggest challenges facing imaging informatics professionals today, while offering plenty of guidance for meeting these demands.

Researchers develop standardized reporting system to improve accuracy of appendicitis imaging

A novel system of standardized reporting and image analysis has shown the potential to help improve the accuracy of appendicitis imaging and decrease the rate of unnecessary surgical procedures, according to results of a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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