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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Can’t miss sessions at HIMSS14

With more than 300 education sessions to choose from, it’ll be impossible to see it all at HIMSS14. To maximize your time at the show, the Health Imaging editorial team selected what we think will be some of the top sessions for our audience.

TeraMedica Debuts Zero-Footprint Universal Viewer for Evercore VNA at HIMSS 14

Enhancing its flagship Evercore vendor neutral archive (VNA), TeraMedica introduces at HIMSS 2014 Univision EV, a universal image viewer with an advanced toolset that enables full-resolution visualization of a full range of DICOM and non-DICOM images anywhere, anytime on any device.

Decomposed storage model suitable for DICOM images

A DICOM decomposed storage model (DCMDSM) is suitable as a storage layer for projects where DICOM images are stored once and retrieved whenever necessary, according to a study published online Feb. 3 by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Fifth Edition of ACR BI-RADS Atlas, Now Available

Breast imagers worldwide now have access to the fifth edition of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS®) Atlas.

KLAS releases 2013 awards for software and services

The “2013 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services” report has been released by the Orem, Utah-based research firm and includes new leaders, categories, and segments.

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An Enterprise with a View: Universal Viewer Essentials

Viewing images from disparate PACS is a necessity in today’s environment. What are the must-haves for universal viewers?

Best-of-breed oncology vendors maintain market prowess

Best-of-breed oncology vendors persist in holding their own against enterprise vendors as the main competitors in the market, according to a report from market research firm KLAS. 

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Clinician self-reported data entry in CDS mostly accurate

Clinician self-reported data entry in imaging clinical decision support (CDS) was found to be 90.7 percent accurate, according to a study published in the January 2014 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Quality improvement methods could be implemented to optimize adoption of evidence demonstrated through CDS.

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.