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.

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How one institution successfully introduced BT-RADS to radiologists

Emory University researchers found their website helped imaging experts understand and implement the brain tumor reporting and data system.

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21st century PACS: 4 ways blockchain could change the radiology landscape

Two imaging experts believe the ledger technology holds some of the same potential to change the field as picture archiving and communication systems did decades ago.

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AI analytics company raises $10M

CLEW, a Netanya, Israel-based healthcare technology company, announced that it has raised $10 million in Series B funding.

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Billions of images left vulnerable online due to unsecured PACS

The findings build off of a September 2019 report from German security firm Greenbone Networks, which revealed that more than 730 million medical images were accessible over the internet.

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Mayo Clinic launches new data analytics platform

Mayo Clinic, the Rochester, Minn.-based nonprofit healthcare organization, has launched the Clinical Data Analytics Platform that will use deidentified data and scientific literature to improve patient health.

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Radiology reports must evolve to serve patient audience, expert asserts

Michigan Medicine's Vivek Kalia, MD, recently made this call to action to his peers in a new Academic Radiology editorial. 

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Limiting clinical disagreements key to reducing variability in CT measurements

A growing number of studies have found that tumor size measurements using CT imaging are subjected to increasing interobserver variability among radiologists.

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Hybrid communication tool relieves radiologist burnout while cutting costs

When put to the test, the hybrid computer/human system freed up significant time for radiologists, which may translate to more time dedicated to reading studies.