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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Florida radiology practice reports data breach as attorneys eye lawsuit

Vital Imaging Diagnostic Centers recently alerted patients about the apparent cyberattack with an unauthorized party likely gaining access to private health information. 

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Radiology practice sells imaging center to hospital partner while remaining independent

Fayetteville-based Valley Regional Imaging is unloading its facility to Cape Fear Valley Health, a hospital based in the same Sandhills-region community of southeastern North Carolina. 

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Sectra signs $21M enterprise imaging contract with large US medical center

The institution will utilize the Sectra One Cloud, seeking to improve workflows across its radiology, breast imaging, cardiology and orthopedic departments.

Ransomware attack on DaVita kidney care clinics exposes 2.7M patients

The initial incident happened in April. Since that time, the notorious cybercrime cell Interlock has claimed responsibility. A data dump from the breach was put up for sale on the dark web.

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Pivoting to a pay per study model—join our webinar Tuesday

Join three imaging experts on Aug. 26 to learn more about imaging storage-as-a-service in which you pay once to save and manage a study forever, with costs as low as 2.5 cents per exam.

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Patients file $5M class-action lawsuit against 1 of America’s oldest radiology practices

"Jane Doe,” who is under 18, and legal representatives claim Radiology Associates of Richmond failed to safeguard private health information. 

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Biopharma company confirms ransomware attack as 176 GB data trove is posted

Indiana-based Inotiv confirmed the data breach in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Infamous cybercrime cell Qilin has claimed credit for the attack.

Epic partners with Microsoft to roll out AI-powered clinical scribe

Epic confirmed on Tuesday that its long-rumored AI scribe feature is a reality. The company said it’s working with Microsoft-owned Nuance—and with clinical documentation standout Abridge—to add the feature to its platform.