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.

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The Numbers Game: Bringing Quantitative Data to Trials & Practice

The art of image interpretation is giving way to objective scientific quantification.

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Radiology Reports: Structure Is Eliminating Errors & Protecting Payment

The radiology report is the heart of what radiologists do and the value they hold to referrers and patients.

National Decision Support Company Expands Minnesota Presence

National Decision Support Company (NDSC) announced expansion of its growing customer base in Minnesota.

Sentara Healthcare optimizes imaging with VNA

Ascendian Healthcare Consulting, a national healthcare IT consultancy, has partnered with Sentara Healthcare to drive increased optimization across the organization’s Enterprise Clinical Imaging operations. Underlying the initiative is the utilization of a Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) solution along with efficiencies gained through transformation of processes, workflow and technological advancements.

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RadLex exhibits excellent performance in indexing radiology-centric content

Despite RadLex’s fewer number of terms compared with other vocabularies, it showcases excellent performance in indexing radiology-centric content, according to a study published in the March issue of Academic Radiology. 

Improving patient education resources could advance understanding of radiology’s importance

Revising written articles on RadiologyInfo.org to comply with the National Institutes of Health and American Medical Association grade level recommendations could result in better patient understanding and appreciation of radiology’s application to clinical practice, according to a study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

TeraRecon debuts iNteract+ at HIMSS 2014

Orlando, Florida – February 24th, 2014: TeraRecon, (www.terarecon.com), a leading provider of enterprise medical image management solutions, debuted it’s iNteract+™ solution at the 2014 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.  

San Diego Imaging selects Mach7 Technologies as enterprise image management, VNA and physician & patient portal partner

Mach7 Technologies, a global provider of enterprise image management systems that allow healthcare enterprises to easily identify, connect, and share diagnostic imaging and patient care intelligence, announced today that San Diego Imaging (SDI) has chosen the Mach7 Enterprise Imaging Platform for its Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) and Advanced Communications Workflow Engine.

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.