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.

New AI-enabled platform could be 'game changer' for opportunistic screening in women
The platform was designed to enhance the early detection of health conditions known to affect women in their 40s and older, including breast cancer, cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis.
Oracle Health denies cloud breached as second attack confirmed
Questions remain about the alleged breach on a legacy server at Oracle Health, as the nature of the attacks and scope of stolen data are still being investigated.
Data breach at Oracle Health leads to extortion of hospitals
A legacy server accessed with stolen credentials is being blamed for the incident. However, the nature and scope of the attack are still being investigated, with Oracle reportedly working with the FBI to gather details.
SimonMed Imaging gives official notice of cyberattack weeks after initial reports
The Scottsdale, Arizona-based radiology practice issued a notice to impacted parties on March 28 after reports of the hack first started surfacing in mid-February.
Change Healthcare files to have federal lawsuits dismissed
There are at least 65 consolidated cases pending in federal courts that stem from the 2024 data breach on the claims processor's network. A judge in Minnesota has asked that the lawsuits be coordinated and consolidated as much as possible.

Structured oncology reporting for follow-up imaging of metastatic cancer patients scores high marks

This more uniform method of reporting has now become the "backbone of oncological imaging" at one high-volume cancer center.

Novant Health Brings Cardiology into Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging

Sponsored by AGFA HealthCare

As recently as eight months ago, cardiologists sitting down to work with medical images at Novant Health had plenty of choices on where and how to go about that part of their jobs.

Providing plain language and context in spine imaging reports helps drop opioid prescriptions

The intervention is inexpensive and simple to replicate, UW Medicine experts explained in JAMA Network Open.

RSNA offering cash, massive dataset for AI solutions to tackle pulmonary embolism

The Radiological Society of North America launched its fourth annual artificial intelligence challenge, hoping to help docs detect and characterize the condition.

Even novice radiologists benefit from RSNA's new COVID-19 reporting guidance

Attendings and trainees showed strong agreement when using the framework, experts explained in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

Less than 40% of providers adhere to radiologists’ follow-up recommendations for incidental findings

Standardized reporting and communication could boost that figure much higher, researchers suggested in JACR.

Vague language plagues radiology reporting, with chest and inpatient imaging the top offenders

More than 600,000 reports covering a five-year period showed widespread differences among individuals and subspecialities in how they convey uncertain findings.

New liability concerns emerge for radiologists who have used patient images in presentations

Recent updates to search engines such as Google and Bing may expose imaging data previously thought to be anonymous, ACR, RSNA and SIIM warned.

Health IT

New AI-enabled platform could be 'game changer' for opportunistic screening in women

Oracle Health denies cloud breached as second attack confirmed

Data breach at Oracle Health leads to extortion of hospitals

SimonMed Imaging gives official notice of cyberattack weeks after initial reports

Change Healthcare files to have federal lawsuits dismissed