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.

4 cybersecurity best practices for radiology groups
Digitization of exams has made the imaging industry a “prime target” for cybercriminals, experts wrote recently in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Radiology group cyberattack exposes private info of over 150,000 patients
The information exposed during the attack included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and service charges.
Emergency physicians make more mistakes when interpreting imaging of multiple organs
A new analysis details the prevalence of interpretation errors in EDs, the factors that influence them and how they affect patient care.
Health data possibly exposed in 'sophisticated' cyberattack on Aflac
A “sophisticated cybercrime group” is being blamed for an attack on the network of the private insurer, which may have exposed social security numbers and protected health information. The incident is still being investigated.
UnitedHealth subsidiary exposes 5.5M patient records to hackers
Health IT company Episource confirmed a ransomware attack of its network exposed data from payer and provider customers alike, with details such as medical diagnoses and treatments possibly stolen by nefarious actors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sectra takes home 5 ‘Best in KLAS’ awards in PACS and digital pathology

The company has been named No. 1 in customer satisfaction for the eighth year in a row.

New database of FDA-cleared algorithms helps radiologists quickly navigate complex AI environment

The American College of Radiology's catalog includes 111 class 2 medical imaging algorithms searchable by company, modality, subspeciality, and more.

Workload fatigue is harming radiology residents’ reporting, declining as the hours, days elapse

Small lunch breaks throughout a shift, however, temporarily bucked this trend, according to a study of 117,000 reports, published in Radiology.

Health IT

4 cybersecurity best practices for radiology groups

Radiology group cyberattack exposes private info of over 150,000 patients

Emergency physicians make more mistakes when interpreting imaging of multiple organs

Health data possibly exposed in 'sophisticated' cyberattack on Aflac

UnitedHealth subsidiary exposes 5.5M patient records to hackers