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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New framework pushes radiology toward fully automated triage system for thyroid cancer

Stanford University researchers found their method diagnosed nodules as accurately as expert classifiers and would have avoided a number of unnecessary biopsies in the process.

Man vs. machine: Human CDS reduces inappropriate imaging, cuts costs

As healthcare continues its hunt to reduce excessive imaging, Yale New Haven Hospital has found its clinical decision support intervention to be remarkably effective.

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How one radiology practice dove into the big-data revolution, bolstered productivity by 10%

Advanced Radiology Services has built a data warehouse internally that’s transforming the way its clinicians tackle problems. 

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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.