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.

Newly Named San Diego Health Connect Welcomes Scripps Health and Sharp HealthCare

San Diego Regional Health Information Exchange (SDRHIE) has a new name and two new major participants. The federally funded HIE has evolved into an independent, community-supported organization, San Diego Health Connect, which today announced that Scripps Health and Sharp HealthCare have signed agreements to participate in directing the exchange.

Patient Portals Present Opportunities, Challenges

The increasing use of patient portals has the potential to provide consumers with a faster and more convenient way to access their personal health information. Portals also present privacy and security challenges for the healthcare industry that health information management (HIM) professionals can help solve.

Multi-State Imaging Center Group Purchases Carestream’s Vue RIS, Vue Cloud PACS, Vue Cloud Archive to Enhance Imaging Workflow

Diagnostic Health (Hilton Head, S.C.), purchased CARESTREAM Vue RIS<http://www.carestream.com/vue-ris.html>, CARESTREAM Vue Cloud PACS<http://www.carestream.com/vue-cloud-based-services.html> and CARESTREAM Vue Cloud Archive<http://www.carestream.com/vue-cloud-based-services.html> to serve its five multi-modality imaging centers in Texas and Pennsylvania. The company, which is owned and operated by SDI, Inc., evaluated five suppliers prior to selecting Carestream.

Children’s Hospital Unveils Private-Label Electronic Health Records System at National Conference for Pediatricians

With more than 7,000 children&rsquo;s health professionals in attendance at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference &amp; Exhibition, Miami Children&rsquo;s Hospital (MCH) and HealthFusion, Inc. unveiled their new&nbsp;electronic health record system, P.E.D.S. EHR Office Edition. Dr. Jacques Orces, MCH&rsquo;s chief medical information officer, and Dr. Sol Lizerbram, chairman and co-founder of HealthFusion, made the announcement at a private event last evening with a mix of reporters, physicians and healthcare executives in attendance.

ICUcare LLC Announces a New Release of My eMHR, the Nation's First Patient Owned/Managed “Interoperable” Electronic Personal Health Records System

ICUcare&#39;s newly released My eMHR is ONC-ATB and HIPAA certified and interfaces with other medical records based systems technologies (EHR/EMR/HIS), a term within the industry referred to as providing &ldquo;interoperability.&rdquo;

Abiomed's Impella(R) Technology Showcased at TCT 2013 With Over 25 Accepted Presentations in the Scientific Sessions

Abiomed Inc. (Nasdaq:ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, notes that there will be over 25 potential Impella presentations in the scientific sessions at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation&#39;s (CRF) annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2013 scientific meeting, scheduled from&nbsp;October 27&nbsp;--&nbsp;November 1, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, CA.

Spellman Introduces X-Ray Sub-Systems for Industrial NDT, Security and Medical Applications

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation, the world&#39;s leading manufacturer of custom high voltage power conversion products, introduces X-Ray sub-systems, featuring its industry leading XRV high voltage generators, available in unipolar and bipolar, 160 to 450kV, 1.8-6kW.

Ferromagnetic detection system ensures patient safety before MRI

A ferromagnetic detection system could further patient safety prior to MRI, according to a study published in the October issue of the Journal of American Roentology.&nbsp;

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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.