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.

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Cloud-based imaging spinoff inHeart raises $4.2M for AI-based heart arrhythmia solution

It’s cloud software turns preoperative medical images into a 3D “digital twin” of the patient’s heart enabling providers to plan procedures and navigate instruments during surgery.

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COVID-19 prep: Remote reading program leads to 140% boost in reporting productivity

St. Mary’s Hospital in London launched its pilot in 2019 and early success helped establish remote reading capabilities for nearly all of its rad consultants by the beginning of the lockdown.

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Radiologists must become 'data wranglers' for a front seat in healthcare's future

The specialty needs to contribute more to the electronic health record to keep pace with data-driven care delivery, one informatics expert said during SIIM's virtual meeting.

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Mayo Clinic launches Sectra’s digital pathology solution across its health systems

After it’s tested and properly configured during the initial rollout phase, Mayo will gradually introduce the solution across all of its departments in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona.

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New ACR registry selected as imaging repository for ongoing study into COVID-19 treatments

ACR’s Center for Research and Innovation will gather and house all diagnostic scans for the Society of Critical Care Medicine's Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study, or VIRUS, the groups announced Tuesday.

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ACR launches COVID-19 imaging registry to help tackle the pandemic

Participating institutions will contribute demographic information, signs and symptoms data, imaging exams, lab tests and patient outcomes.

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Emergency docs heavily utilize secondary outside imaging reads, paying ‘dividends’ for patients

About 80% of physicians requested an extra set of eyes from an outside facility either “always” or “most of the time,” and more than 90% said such consultations improved care.

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Access to imaging exams via online portals saves money for patients, hospitals

If everyone would have logged in and downloaded their exams over the two-year study period, both users and the institutions could have saved a good chunk of change, according to new research.

Around the web

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. 

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.

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