Effective clinical decision support (CDS) must be rapid, easily applicable, and compatible with physician workflow as its use will increase with the transition to the pay-for-performance model, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.  

At times, it can be easy to forget the power of social media. When my Facebook feed is filled with nothing but Buzzfeed quizzes designed to tell me which dinosaur I’m most like (velociraptor), or when Twitter is cluttered with the trending celebrity gossip of the day (#Bieber), I tend to lose sight of how important these sites are.

Have you heard the one about the doctor? If so, there’s fairly good odds it got a laugh at the doctor’s expense, according to a study of jokes passed around on Facebook.

Richard Eaton, currently serving as the director of industry programs for the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA), will retire next month after 26 years with the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and MITA.

This week, more than 38,000 people made their way to Orlando, Fla., for the Health Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference. In addition to getting a reprieve from the frigid temperatures across much of the rest of the country, attendees were treated with a look at the latest innovations in health IT.

Networks and Internet-connected devices in hospitals, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical companies are being routinely infiltrated by sophisticated cyberattacks, according to a report released by Norse and SANS on Feb. 19. 

As the saying goes, nothing worth doing is ever easy. Given the amount of effort health IT professionals have expended on various initiatives in recent years, the rewards promise to be extremely worthwhile.

With HIMSS14 in Orlando, Fla., coming up just around the corner Feb. 23-27, Health Imaging wanted an insider’s view on what to expect from the show. Read on for a Q&A conducted via email with Carla Smith, MA, CNM, executive vice president of HIMSS.