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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ACR updates Appropriateness Criteria

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released new and updated evidence-based guidelines to help healthcare providers choose the most appropriate medical imaging exam or radiation therapy for a patients clinical condition via the latest version of its Appropriateness Criteria.

NDSsi partners with Finnish company for Dome display distribution

NDS Surgical Imaging (NDSsi) has announced a partnership with Kaukomarkkinat Oy to represent and distribute the Dome product line throughout Finland.

Merge's new tool seeks to support clinical trial operations

Clinical systems developer Merge Healthcare has released Merge eClinical OS, a new clinical trial operating tool providing study support for trials.

Covidien aligns with Philips for patient monitoring

Covidien has launched its Nellcor SpO2 single parameter module for use with the Philips Healthcare's IntelliVue patient monitoring platform.

Ascom buys GE Healthcares Nurse Call Business

Ascom has acquired assets of GE Healthcares Nurse Call business, headquartered in Bradenton, Fla., with the intention of solidifying Ascom Wireless Solutions in the healthcare communication market. The transaction took place for an undisclosed sum.

SIIM: Pros & cons of in-hospital tablets

 ORLANDO, Fla.Its necessary to understand the use cases and advantages and disadvantages of tablets to use them in a powerful way, said Carl Miller, MD, of Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions in Baltimore, during a June 9 presentation about mobile technologies at the annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).

SIIM: Siegel details wish list for next-generation PACS

 ORLANDO, Fla.Samuel J. Dwyer, PhD, the father of PACS, might be surprised by the slow rate of innovation in PACS, RIS and speech recognition systems, Eliot L. Siegel, MD, told the audience during the 2012 Dwyer Lecture June 8 at the annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM). While Siegel outlined his specifications for a next-generation PACS, Paul J. Chang, MD, was much less patient, stating: I want it now.

SIIM: High CDS scores correlate to positive CT findings

 A study examining chest CT exams ordered using a decision support system has found studies with a high utility score in the clinical decision support (CDS) system also have a high probability of positive findings, according to a research abstract accepted at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting.

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