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.

Rochester hospital taps Carestream for cardiology PACS

Rochester General Health System in Rochester, N.Y., has purchased Carestream’s Vue for Cardiology, a cardiology PACS that will allow integration of cardiology exams with the existing radiology PACS and EMR.

Triple play: Decision support, RBMs + rads must work together

While the future of imaging utilization management (UM) may include the expansion of radiology benefits managers (RBMs) and decision support (DS) systems, radiologists themselves also must take an active role, according to an article published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Fuji mulls Given Imaging buying for up to $750M

Fujifilm Holdings is a chief suitor for Given Imaging, according to Calcalist.

Can’t get no satisfaction: Rad vendor satisfaction scores sub-par

Imaging medical device companies aren’t quite up to snuff compared with vendors that serve other medical specialties, according to “Brand Perceptions in the U.S. Medical Device Industry 2012,” a Millenium Research Group (MRG) report.

Merge archive selected to support Wash.-based HIE

Wenatchee Valley Medical Center has selected Merge PACS and Merge’s iConnect Enterprise Archive to provide image access to providers across the region.

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Images Anywhere, Anytime: Web-Based PACS and RIS PACS

Sponsored by GE Healthcare

This webcast focuses on the utilization of Web-based PACS & RIS/PACS as a means for healthcare organizations to stay competitive, maximize relationships with the physician community, and reduce expenses while increasing the number of clean claims through streamlined billing. Watch as experts from three leading facilities discuss the advantages of implementing Web-based PACS and RIS/PACS.

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.