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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Radiology reporting template bolsters follow-up care for incidental pancreatic findings

Patients with automatically flagged reports were more likely to be seen in a dedicated pancreas clinic and undergo additional imaging, experts explained in JACR.

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Medical imaging group calls for PACS security checks amid threat 275M exams remain vulnerable

HHS recently warned some 130 healthcare organizations are running vulnerable systems, potentially exposing millions of patients to danger.

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Alliance Healthcare Services plans to ‘vigorously defend’ against ‘unfounded’ PACS-breach lawsuit

Patients recently filed a proposed class-action suit against Alliance and Northeast Radiology, claiming the 2 were lax in responding to a cybersecurity incident last year. 

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US cybersecurity agency reports critical vulnerabilities in Philips' Vue PACS

The Department of Homeland Security warned the problems can be remotely exploited through relatively low complexity attacks.

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Watchdog recommends extending incidental findings safety net to after-hours service following CT slipup

A contracted outside radiologist spotted an incidental liver lesion on the scan, but the concern was not addressed in a timely manner, according to a recently released report.

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Radiologists utilize novel CAD-RADS in 95% of coronary CTA reports

Massachusetts General Hospital doctors analyzed Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System usage in their high-volume cardiac CT services center for the study.

Enterprise Imaging Data Management: Why Your Strategy Must Include the Cloud

Sponsored by NetApp

Before the pandemic, hospitals were hesitant to embrace a cloud journey. Sure, some were using the cloud for research projects and used cloud-based applications like Microsoft 365, but use of the cloud for medical imaging data management was largely in its infancy. 

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HHS warns more than 275 million medical images are vulnerable due to unsecured PACS

Part of the problem also involves storing images via the DICOM format, which can be exploited to falsify scans, install malware and sabotage research.