Informatics

The goal of health informatics systems is to enable smooth transfer of data and cybersecurity across the healthcare enterprise. This includes patient information, images, subspecialty reporting systems, lab results, scheduling, revenue management, hospital inventory, and many other health IT systems. These systems include the electronic medical record (EMR) admission discharge and transfer (ADT) system, hospital information system (HIS), radiology picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), cardiovascular information systems (CVIS), archive solutions including cloud storage and vendor neutral archives (VNA), and other medical informatics systems.

The American Heart Association (AHA) has launched a nationwide data-driven research competition to uncover how inflammation contributes to cardiovascular risk and how it is currently addressed in clinical practice. The initiative, called the Systemic Inflammation Data Challenge, invites data scientists, clinicians, and researchers to leverage advanced analytics and electronic medical record (EMR) data to better understand the impact of systemic inflammation on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

AHA data challenge explores links between inflammation and heart disease

Are care teams doing enough to take on inflammation? The American Heart Association hopes this new research initiative can help answer that question, and many others. 

Philips Healthcare launched the Philips ECG AI Marketplace platform that gives cardiac care teams access to multiple vendor offerings in one central location to more efficiently manage and implement artificial intelligence (AI)-powered diagnostic tools through Philips ECG workstations.

New Philips platform offers AI-powered ECG tools from outside vendors

Philips has launched a new 'AI Marketplace' that expands access to third-party diagnostic tools. The company's goal is to put a variety of offerings into one convenient location for clinicians.

The AI enabled Dental Image Analyzer from DentalMonitoring uses a smartphone to scan a patient's mouth and the AI reconstructs a complete model of the mouth to compare with prior images to track the progress of orthodontic work at home. The FDA cleared the technology in cleared 2024. Photo by Dave Fornell Vivian Fornell

The FDA has cleared more than 1,200 clinical AIs—and submissions are increasing

In the past year, there has been a record number of new medical AI submissions, resulting in 300 new clinical AI clearances. The number of submissions has been steadily rising over the past decade.

An example of artificial intelligence automated coronary artery calcium scoring shown by Coreline at ACC23. The AI also identifies and color codes the anatomy so help show the reviewing radiologist or cardiac imager what and where things were calculated. #ACC #ACC23

Cardiology still No. 2 in FDA-cleared clinical AI algorithms, trailing only radiology

Cardiology continues to be one of the most influential healthcare specialties when it comes to utilizing artificial intelligence. 

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EHR-driven PCI risk assessments could make a world of difference

Researchers with Mayo Clinic have shown that EHR-driven risk assessments could go a long way toward improving care for PCI patients. 

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GE HealthCare recalls legacy cardiology information systems due to security risk

GE HealthCare has warned that the devices could potentially be accessed and manipulated by an outside party. The FDA has classified this as a Class II recall. 

Clinical support tool for pediatric autism earns $27M from private equity

Motivity is receiving an injection of cash from Five Elms Capital, a software investment firm. The companies said the funds will be used to hire staff and improve products.  

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. and ImagineSoftware announced an integration agreement to integrate the ImagineOne artificial intelligence (AI)-driven platform for automated radiology billing with Konica Minolta’s Exa PACS-RIS solution.

Konica Minolta and ImagineSoftware partner to expand revenue cycle management offerings

Konica Minolta partnered with ImagineSoftware to integrate its AI-driven revenue cycle management platform into the Exa PACS-RIS solution.