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.

California health system sued over 2024 breach on health IT vendor TriZetto
The cyberattack was not discovered until October 2025, and a headcount of the victims is still being conducted. In the meantime, a patient of Sacramento-based One Community Health argues in a lawsuit that the nonprofit health system failed to secure his data, as required by law. The complaint is seeking class action status.
Maine health system confirms data breach impacted 145K as civil litigation moves forward
The cyberattack on Central Maine Healthcare happened in summer 2025, but the investigation was complicated by the hackers having access to systems for several months. A class action lawsuit is pending in state court.
Radiology Associates of North Texas inks $29M enterprise imaging deal
The five-year agreement is with radiology vendor Visage Imaging, which will provide a cloud-based storage platform and viewer.
Tech CEO says he made his own MRI viewer using AI
The entrepreneur took to X this week to tout his accomplishment, which was achieved with the help of Anthropic’s Claude AI.
Epic, provider groups sue companies over alleged scheme to sell patient data
In a lawsuit, the EHR giant accuses Health Gorilla, et al., of posing as patient care entities to gain access to nearly 300,000 medical records, in violation of HIPAA. Health Gorilla vehemently denies the allegations.

AI offers organ-level classification of free-text pathology reports

Machine learning algorithms can classify free-text pathology reports at the organ level and are easily interpreted by human readers, according to an Aug. 7 study published in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence.

RSNA, ACR to launch clinical data registry for 3D printing in radiology

RSNA and the American College of Radiology (ACR) are launching a new clinical data registry to collect 3D printing data used in radiology.

Big news for radiologists: Providers taught how to place more effective imaging orders

Physicians frequently leave out key information when ordering imaging examinations, an oversight that can make it harder for the radiologist to do their job. A team of researchers worked to reverse that trend, sharing its findings in a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

How one health system improved the quality of patient imaging history

When radiologists have complete imaging histories of their patients they are more likely to provide better interpretations, but such information is often incomplete and inconsistent.

Lake Medical Imaging Selects INFINITT for Multi-Site RIS/PACS, Mammography PACS and Disaster Recovery

INFINITT North America, an award-winning developer of Enterprise Imaging solutions for radiology, cardiology, mammography and advINFINITT North America, award-winning developer of enterprise imaging solutions for radiology, cardiology, mammography, pathology and advanced visualization, will be implementing INFINITT RIS/PACS and INFINITT Mammo PACS at six Lake Medical Imaging facilities in The Villages and Leesburg, Florida.

Lake Medical Imaging Selects INFINITT for Multi-Site RIS/PACS, Mammography PACS and Disaster Recovery

CAD tool detects microcalcification clusters in mammograms

A fully automated algorithm can accurately detect microcalcification clusters in mammogram scans and may help reduce radiology workloads.

Hybrid workflow saves radiologists time, costs in imaging-related clinical trials

“For radiologists, who generally perform routine activities, involvement in clinical trials increases their workload and raises human resources issues at hospitals which are already running chronic medical deficits,” wrote authors of a new study published in the European Journal of Radiology.

Health IT

California health system sued over 2024 breach on health IT vendor TriZetto

Maine health system confirms data breach impacted 145K as civil litigation moves forward

Radiology Associates of North Texas inks $29M enterprise imaging deal

Tech CEO says he made his own MRI viewer using AI

Epic, provider groups sue companies over alleged scheme to sell patient data