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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Novarad Completes Two PACS Installs in Palmetto State Hospitals

Little River Medical Center in Little River, South Carolina and Williamsburg Regional Hospital in Kingstree are the latest hospitals to install Novarad’s NovaPACS. Williamsburg Regional Hospital also installed NovaRIS.

Practice Fusion Launches Medical Imaging API

Practice Fusion, the largest physician-patient platform in the US, today announced the launch of its Medical Imaging API to digitally connect imaging centers to physicians.

lifeIMAGE Awarded Grant to Bring Medical Image Sharing to the Massachusetts HIE

lifeIMAGE has been awarded a grant to bring medical image sharing to the Massachusetts Health Information Highway (HIway), the Commonwealth’s Health Information Exchange (HIE).

Interpreting interpretations: How a portal can bridge knowledge gaps with patients

Patients are increasingly being offered access to their imaging studies through the use of patient portals, but when the level of access outpaces a patient’s ability to comprehend the information, problems can arise. To avoid this issue, researchers at the University of California—Los Angeles (UCLA) have designed a portal that tailors information in a report for a layperson.

West Park Hospital expands relationship with Agfa HealthCare, selecting IMPAX CV as Cardiovascular PACS

Agfa HealthCare announces today that West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyoming has successfully deployed IMPAX CV, and integrated it with its existing IMPAX PACS.  With the expanded line-up of Agfa HealthCare health IT systems, the hospital is experiencing both clinical and IT benefits ranging from  limited physician training and more efficient clinical workflow, to ease of deployment and system maintenance.

No do-overs: VPN cuts repeat CT imaging for transferred trauma patients

Image sharing networks established through a virtual private network (VPN) can cut the need for repeat imaging of transferred trauma patients, according to a study published online June 13 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

St. Mary's Healthcare System Selects iConnect Access and iConnect Enterprise Archive

CHICAGO, June 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, today announced that St. Mary's Healthcare System has selected Merge's iConnect Access and iConnect Enterprise Archive to support their enterprise imaging strategy.

Sectra chosen to deliver national archiving solution to New Zealand

IT and medical technology company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has been assigned to deliver a centralized PACS and vendor neutral archiving solution (VNA),  for digital mammography throughout the country of New Zealand.  This has the endorsement of New Zealand’s Ministry of Health.

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