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.

Fraud prevention expert charged with over 167 suspected incidents of healthcare fraud
Faranak Firozan, 47, is a cybersecurity expert at Nvidia who regularly spoke on the topic of “cyber laundering.” Prosecutors in California allege she submitted fraudulent medical claims to an employer-sponsored insurance plan, bilking Cigna out of $100,000.
'RadGPT' system improves radiology report readability and is ready for 'immediate' use
A specialized large language model developed specifically for radiology could be key to helping patients better understand their imaging results.
GE HealthCare recalls legacy cardiology information systems due to security risk
GE HealthCare has warned that the devices could potentially be accessed and manipulated by an outside party. The FDA has classified this as a Class II recall.
New AI-powered platform offers 24/7 access to radiologists, on-demand pay
The platform was designed to address some of the “brutal challenges” radiologists have faced over the past couple of decades.
Release the 'Krakencoder': New algorithm gives scientists unprecedented insight into neural function
Researchers are hopeful that a new technology named after a tentacled folklore sea monster can help scientists better understand the anatomy of the brain.

ACR, Penn Medicine announce partnership to bring advanced analytics into everyday radiology practice

The pair has already developed the Cancer Imaging Phenomics Toolkit, a software platform that analyzes brain, breast and lung cancer images.

3 steps for succeeding at imaging innovation in your radiology practice

Innovation is crucial to the evolution of radiology, but trailblazers who take shortcuts will be left disappointed, experts advised.

Former Mayo Clinic worker wrongly accessed 1,600 patient records, including medical images

The Rochester, Minnesota, system is notifying patients who received care at its Florida and Arizona locations.

Top-Down Decision Stretches Enterprise Imaging across Texas University Health System

Sponsored by AGFA HealthCare

Last year the institutional leadership at Texas’s University Health System, which contracts with the UT Health San Antonio physician network, made the decision to move all inpatient imaging off the radiology department’s PACS and onto a new enterprise imaging (EI) platform. Their goal was internal consolidation.

5 tips for safeguarding PACS and imaging devices against cyberattacks

Continually updating software and using virus scanners should be among the top priorities for IT departments, experts explained in Academic Radiology.

Creating a better radiology report: 8 expert recommendations

Radiologists from the U.S., England and Australia shared their advice for improving these documents in RadioGraphics.

Utilizing x-rays, radiology reports to forecast heart failure in the emergency department

MIT’s AI lab, Philips, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center are working to implement the system in the Boston institution’s emergency department this fall.

Delay likely as November start date for new interoperability rules ‘nearly infeasible,’ ACR says

In April, the federal government pushed back enforcement of the new rules due to flexibility concerns for healthcare systems battling COVID-19.

Health IT

Fraud prevention expert charged with over 167 suspected incidents of healthcare fraud

'RadGPT' system improves radiology report readability and is ready for 'immediate' use

GE HealthCare recalls legacy cardiology information systems due to security risk

New AI-powered platform offers 24/7 access to radiologists, on-demand pay

Release the 'Krakencoder': New algorithm gives scientists unprecedented insight into neural function