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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Standardized reporting templates reduce residents' on-call turnaround times

There has been some debate among the imaging industry as to whether standardized templates help or hinder workflows, but these latest data suggest they may be especially beneficial for on-call residents.

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FDA clears next-gen image viewer from GE HealthCare that grants radiologists ‘anywhere access’

The regulatory decision applies to GEHC’s View, a key piece of the Chicago-based company’s Genesis Radiology Workspace. 

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CVS Health taps Google Cloud for new AI patient engagement platform

Dubbed Health100, the application is being launched as a subsidiary of CVS Health, utilizing Google’s cloud infrastructure data access and security. Powered by AI, Health100 is said to be a full assistant to help patients find providers, services and prescriptions, with the aim being to reduce out-of-pocket spending.

Nonprofit health system, Nuance Communications agree to $5M settlement after data theft

A fired employee of Nuance, a Microsoft subsidiary, is responsible for stealing records on 1.3 million patients from Geisinger Health in Pennsylvania. He has pleaded guilty as part of a deal with prosecutors.

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Sectra to acquire Oxipit

The deal is expected to be finalized later this month once customary closing conditions are met. 

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Clover Health becomes first healthcare payer to meet CMS interoperability standard

Meeting the requirements to become a CMS Aligned Network means medical records on its core Medicare Advantage patients will be made available in real-time upon request, facilitated through secure data exchange made possible by Kno2.

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Cyberattack on healthcare RCM vendor may have impacted 140K patients

The details stem from a report from SecurityWeek, but they’re a little fuzzy. After a 12 GB data trove was posted to the dark web, Vikor Scientific reported to HHS that there were nearly 140,000 victims. However, the source of the breach may be a third-party revenue cycle company, Catalyst RCM. 

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Cardiology groups to Trump administration: AI still has a long way to go

Multiple cardiology societies responded to an HHS request for public feedback by outlining some of the current barriers to wider AI adoption. "It is essential that any policy frameworks must reaffirm that clinicians—not algorithms—remain at the center of patient care," ACC President Christopher Kramer, MD, said.