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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Novel language modeling approach correlates radiology, pathology reports

“Because this language model can so rapidly adapt to existing training labels, these results should not be considered the final work but rather a foundation upon which iterative improvement can be performed,” wrote the author of a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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ACR, SIIM announce machine learning challenge for detecting pneumothorax

The Machine Learning Challenge on Pneumothorax Detection and Localization will kick-off at the SIIM 2019 Annual Meeting starting June 26 in Aurora, Colorado.

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SIIM, ACR hosting new AI challenge focused on pneumothorax detection

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) and American College of Radiology (ACR) are hosting a new machine learning challenge as part of a collaboration with the Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR) and MD.ai.

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Is your medical imaging data safe? 4.4M files exposed online, according to new report

More than two billion files—including approximately 4.4 million medical imaging files—have been exposed online across various storage technologies, according to a new report from Digital Shadows.

Intelerad commits $75 Million to R&D for new AI and cloud-based medical imaging software solutions

Montreal-based software company accelerates 20-year track record of international growth.

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4.4M medical imaging files exposed online, new report finds

Researchers estimate nearly 4.4 million medical imaging files were exposed through online file repositories—nearly double the number revealed last year, according to a May 30 report published by digital risk prevention company Digital Shadows.

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NLP IDs incidental lung nodules in unstructured radiology reports

“Despite the common discovery of the (incidental lung nodule) ILN, assessment of radiology reports for lung nodule incidence and guideline concordance of recommendations is understudied,” wrote authors of research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Imaging utilization for low back pain on the rise

Imaging utilization for low back pain by primary care providers has increased in recent years, according to new findings published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.