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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Radiologists can help drop unnecessary opioid prescriptions with low-cost imaging reporting change

Patients often visit their primary care provider for lower back pain, with imaging revealing no acute injury and only common signs of wear and tear, UW experts wrote recently.  

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6 ways blockchain could change radiology as we know it

The European Society of Radiology published a whitepaper detailing the power of this emerging distributed database technology in Insights into Imaging.

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Radiology reporting may be missing a crucial perspective—patient feedback

Researchers embedded a two-question survey into electronic health records at two institutions to gain insight into how consumers and providers view imaging reports.

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Hospital reduces radiology reporting disruptions, CT wait times with simple practice tweak

The academic imaging department found that plain computed tomography head scans produced numerous phone calls from referrers, pulling rads away from their work. 

5 tips radiology practices must consider to combat cybersecurity threats

Healthcare lags other industries in funding programs to combat cyberattacks, and successful breeches can leave imaging departments reeling.

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PET/CT insights predict immunotherapy response in patients with advanced lung cancer

Moffitt Cancer Center researchers used PET/CT features to help develop their deep learning tool.

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Interactive radiology reporting may become a competitive advantage in value-based care

HIMSS and SIIM detailed the current and future goals of interactive multimedia reporting in a new whitepaper published in the Journal of Digital Imaging.

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Language processing translates free-text radiology reports for better lung cancer staging

Enhancing the reporting and staging process may speed up workflows and greatly improve imaging care, researchers explained recently.