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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Attending radiologists must embrace a dynamic approach to readouts for trainees to properly develop

The impact of readouts on young rads is "profound, but often overlooked," radiologists argued recently.

‘Zero’ watermarking images provides needed security, but can’t fully safeguard radiology data

It particularly falls short at determining if a modified image belongs to the original author or someone else's similar image.

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CMS finalizes rule to speed up Medicare coverage of breakthrough imaging devices

Administrator Seema Verma said Medicare beneficiaries have traditionally not had predictable, immediate access to innovative devices, but that will change following a recent announcement.

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Having attending radiologists cover overnight reporting reduces ED imaging callbacks by 90%

University of Toronto researchers also believe this practice will decrease costs and enhance patient flow in their emergency department, they explained in Emergency Radiology.

Rapid go-live as first trust in Greater Manchester patient diagnostic imaging initiative deploys Sectra solution

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first of eight NHS trusts in the UK to deploy the imaging IT solution.

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Radiologists assert new data consent agreements are needed before patient trust is gone

Most current approaches are complex and don't specifically discuss imaging, researchers explained in an opinion piece published recently in JACR.

patient image portal sharing covid-19

Radiology providers struggling to share images in a timely fashion, steer patients to portals

That's according to a new survey of academic medical center leaders, published in Clinical Imaging

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RSNA’s first dataset of annotated COVID-19 images officially published

This initial repository includes 120 chest CT scans from four international care sites, with thousands of more coming soon.