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.

Hospital steers radiology patients elsewhere, switches to paper records following cyberattack

A staff radiologist recommended the redirect to ensure that no abnormalities were missed when analyzing high-definition images. 

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Radiologist logs 1.37 mouse miles and nearly 11,000 keystrokes during a single shift

The hefty totals underscore the need to simplify processes for physicians who are overburdened by complex PACS systems, imaging experts wrote in Radiology

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How one hospital bolstered incidental lung nodule follow-ups with enhanced reporting, patient tracking

Timely follow-up imaging increased from 46% before the intervention to 55% afterward, cardiothoracic radiologists reported in JACR.

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Radiology practice alerts state and customers after hackers target patient records

Sutter Buttes Imaging said that unauthorized individuals infiltrated its systems through an unspecified third-party IT infrastructure. 

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5 tips for radiology practices eliminating report embargoes under new info-blocking rules

Many providers are moving toward removing the typical time-delayed release of reports to patients in anticipation of the ONC's new interoperability provisions.

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Radiology should consider ditching RVUs for a time-based productivity metric, study suggests

The current relative value unit system likely contributes to burnout because of its propensity to underestimate physicians' work effort, one expert wrote recently. 

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HSS is 1st in US to roll out integrated clinical diagnostics in pathology

Hospital for Special Surgery in New York today became the first U.S. hospital to implement integrated clinical diagnostics with the launch of a digital pathology solution that unites pathology images and reports with electronic medical record data and radiology images across the enterprise.

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Analysis finds significant variation in radiologists’ follow-up recommendations for lung nodules

Such unwarranted fluctuations could have downstream implications affecting repeat imaging, medical costs and quality, Brigham and Women's experts noted.