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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Emergency providers, radiologists must communicate critical reports more effectively

Follow-up action was lost in 20% of critical radiology reports, with the emergency department particularly guilty, experts reported in PLOS One.

‘Little downside’: Structured templates do not increase radiology reporting times

High priority pelvic CT scans and exams dictated remotely were the only factors that affected reporting speeds, researchers explained in the Journal of Digital Imaging.

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Free-text radiology reports hold clues for managing incidental pancreatic lesions

Stanford researchers developed a natural language processing tool to automatically extract useful measurements, sharing their process in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

Allowing patients to self-schedule mammograms frees up providers for other tasks, Mayo study shows

The transition to patient-scheduled screening exams may also result in "significant" cost savings, Rochester, Minnesota, researchers underscored.

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Freely available algorithms ID venous thromboembolsims from radiology reports

Organizations may utilize these natural language processing tools during research and quality improvement projects.

RSNA21: Deep learning automatically labels coronary arteries to produce structured CCTA reports

The algorithm yielded a 94.4% accuracy for labeling arteries in accordance with the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography guidelines.

INFINITT Stands out as a Leader in Cloud-based Imaging: New KLAS Report: ‘Imaging in the Cloud 2021’

INFINITT North America is a leading developer of image and data management solutions for healthcare, and “an early entrant into cloud-based imaging.”

Intelerad Unveils New Cloud-Native Disaster Recovery Solution at RSNA 2021

Designed to provide secure, isolated and immutable copies of all medical images with unlimited capacity services, Cloud DR mitigates the risks against natural disasters, human error, technological failure or cybersecurity breaches amongst hospitals, healthcare systems and radiology practice groups.

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Cardiology practices pay $17.7M to settle fraud allegations brought on by whistleblowers

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. 

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Cardiology, radiology specialists debate CCTA’s rise as a go-to imaging modality for CAD

CCTA is being utilized more and more for the diagnosis and management of suspected coronary artery disease. An international group of specialists shared their perspective on this ongoing trend.

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New AI program delivers rapid, accurate echo video assessments

The new technology shows early potential to make a significant impact on imaging workflows and patient care.