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.

Dutch center inks 10-year deal with Agfa

Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement with Máxima Medisch Centrum in the Netherlands to upgrade its RIS and PACS with a system that extends to cardiology and nuclear medicine.

Agfa signs deal with EMC

Agfa HealthCare has joined the EMC Select program, enabling customers to purchase the Agfa ICIS (Imaging Clinical Information System) through EMC Select.

Merge updates PACS with support for DICOM OPT

Merge Healthcare has released an update to Merge Eye Care PACS that includes support for the DICOM OPT (OCT) standard as well as support for video.

GE cautions Centricity PACS users about possible image loss

GE Healthcare has issued a notice to users of its Centricity PACS alerting them that images could be lost when transferring between two or more Centricity PACS systems.

RSNA: aycan to debut iPad app, workstation updates

aycan Medical Systems (Booth #8903) is highlighting its mobile app and PACS workstation, among other technologies, at RSNA 2012 in Chicago, Nov. 25-30.

Summit Radiology Associates taps Merge for radiology systems

Summit Radiology Associates will install Merge Healthcare’s suite of radiology products.

RSNA: Carestream to share patient portal, lesion management app

Carestream (Booth #2636) is demonstrating its MyVue patient portal at RSNA 2012 in Chicago, Nov. 25-30.

Intelerad launches clinical hub

Intelerad Medical Systems has launched InteleConnect Clinical Hub, which provides access to internal or third-party PACS or DICOM archive, using desktop web browsers, mobile devices or Intelerad’s iOS app.

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.