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 added to NHS Shared Business Services framework

Intelerad Medical Systems™, a leader in medical imaging PACS and workflow solutions, today announced that it has been added to the National Health Service Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) framework for Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy Products and Services.

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App for sharing patient images dubbed ‘Instagram for doctors’

Figure 1 is a mobile app for sharing images, but unlike popular photo sharing services like Instagram or Flickr, Figure 1 is geared towards physicians looking to swap pictures—and advice—with colleagues.

WITS(MD) introduces IMAGE MOVER at HIMSS15 annual conference

WITS(MD), a provider of medical image workflow solutions, today announced the introduction of IMAGE MOVER™, a mobile application that securely captures medical images from smart devices with a zero PHI footprint.

Carestream Demos Ability for Enhanced Identification And Exchange of Patient Clinical Data at HIMSS Conference

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 7 — Carestream’s new Clinical Collaboration Platform, which will be demonstrated at the upcoming HIMSS Conference (booth #1602), allows providers to identify and share diverse patient clinical data to help clinicians make diagnostic and treatment decisions. This data can also be shared with patients during consultations. 

M*Modal Launches Comprehensive Clinical Documentation Improvement Platform

Franklin, Tennessee – April 7, 2015 – M*Modal, a leading provider of clinical documentation and Speech Understanding™ solutions, today announced a full suite of clinical documentation improvement (CDI) software and adoption services.

Merge Healthcare Launches New Business Unit to Automate Prior-Authorization and Improve Referral Success

CHICAGO, April 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of innovative enterprise imaging, interoperability, and clinical systems that seek to advance healthcare, today announced the launch of a new business unit, iConnect Network Services, to deliver interoperability services to healthcare enterprises seeking to reduce the labor and overhead costs associated with prior-authorization processes, improve physician engagement among provider communities, and boost referral success.

Mach7 Technologies Partners with Broward Health

Burlington, VT and Chicago, IL – April 13, 2015 – Broward Health, one of the largest IDNs in the U.S., selected Mach7 Technologies® and their award-winning Mach7 Enterprise Imaging Platform to deploy enterprise-wide in a collaborative partnership.

TeraRecon Highlights iNteract+ Imaging Workflows at HIMSS15

Chicago, IL – April 14, 2015: TeraRecon, a leader in advanced visualization and enterprise medical image viewing solutions, highlights customer implementations and innovations of its diverse viewing and interoperability capabilities at the HIMSS15 Annual Conference and Exhibition, held at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, April 13th-15th, 2015. Booth #4173.

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.