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 systems, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

Hackers were inside Change Healthcare’s systems 9 days before attack
UnitedHealth Group confirms hackers have personal data on “a substantial proportion of people in America."
Natural language processing spots reporting gaps, racial bias
Finding such discrepancies is critical to the continuity of patient care, as medical records and reports are often utilized across multiple providers and facilities.
Radiologist-founded technology startup Smart Reporting raises $25M
Munich, Germany-based TVM Capital Life Science led the Series C financing round with additional contributions from Bayern Kapital and existing investors.
House to hold hearing on new patient data rights legislation
The bipartisan American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) would allow consumers to access and delete much of their personal data being held by private companies.
Lung disease reporting system improves consistency—so why is it underutilized?
ILD-RADS was developed to address issues with inconsistency when reading high-resolution CT scans of the lungs in patients with a suspected interstitial lung disease.

Video of Patrick McGill, MD, explaining how Community Health Network in Indiana eliminated more than 5 million nuisance alerts.

Indiana hospitals reduce nuisance alerts by 77% with medication decision support software

"Changing just six alerts in the system knocked out about 5 million alerts annually," explained Patrick McGill, MD, executive vice president and chief transformation officer at CHN.

November 6, 2023

Integration moves radiology image viewing and analysis onto single platform

Radical Imaging's FlexView now integrates with the Apollo Enterprise Imaging suite.

November 3, 2023

Radiology provider Akumin restores most systems following ransomware attack

The Plantation, Florida-based imaging center operator recently reached “important milestones” in its comeback from a debilitating October cyberattack.

November 3, 2023

Radiology vendor Covera Health raises up to $50M in financing, acquires AI firm

Coupled with its acquisition of CoRead—an AI quality assurance company used by over 2,000 hospitals—the startup plans to rapidly scale its offerings.

November 2, 2023

According to calculations comparing catheter ablation with drug therapy, the additional quality-adjusted life-years that can result from the treatment justify its increased costs.

Covera Health earns $50M in funding, acquires radiology AI company

As part of the funding deal, Covera Health has finalized the acquisition of artificial intelligence vendor CoRead.

November 1, 2023

AI-powered radiology triage tech prioritizes image review based on patient need

Annalise.ai received "breakthrough designation" from the FDA for its radiology triage AI.

November 1, 2023

Roche, Ibex Medical Analytics and AWS partner for better cancer diagnostics

The three companies are partnering to bring AI tools to Roche’s digital pathology platform to streamline cancer diagnoses.

October 30, 2023

Patients prefer radiology reports that are structured, more challenging to read

The finding suggests that healthcare consumers desire greater detail in the reports, allowing them to seek further info about diseases or findings.

October 25, 2023

Health IT

Hackers were inside Change Healthcare’s systems 9 days before attack

Natural language processing spots reporting gaps, racial bias

Radiologist-founded technology startup Smart Reporting raises $25M

House to hold hearing on new patient data rights legislation

Lung disease reporting system improves consistency—so why is it underutilized?