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.

AI detects twice as many incidental lesions as radiologists
Prior research has suggested that these incidental lesions turn out to be cancerous in up to 70% of cases, making their timely detection critical.
AMA brainstorms on key topics impacting healthcare
"With significantly strengthened penalties, standardized reporting requirements and unprecedented enforcement commitments, the regulatory landscape has dramatically shifted," the AMA wrote.
Research brief: Cybersecurity threats inherent to AI-aided remote patient monitoring
Leveraging the upsides of RPM with AI demands human attention to numerous challenges. Primary among these are privacy and cybersecurity risks, researchers report.
Walmart launches AI tool to steer Medicare Advantage members toward ‘healthy’ foods
Walmart is highlighting food and products eligible for purchase using Medicare Advantage supplemental funds through its app, while also using AI to algorithmically help enrollees build diet-appropriate shopping lists.
Siemens Healthineers deploys its first mobile stroke unit in the US
The new device marks a “significant step forward” in American stroke care, the company contends.

Ransomware group deploys ticking clock to threaten Georgia hospital

Memorial Hospital and Manor announced the data breach through Facebook on Nov. 3. The cybercrime group Embargo has taken credit for the incident, claiming to have 1.15TB of stolen information.

Most referrer requests for imaging are inadequate, new scoring system shows

Amid calls to reduce the rate of low-value imaging exams, experts have developed RI-RADS, a scoring system for rating imaging requests.

Outsourced radiology reports less thorough than in-house ones, researchers claim

Free-text reporting also was associated with significant omissions in abdominal anatomical structures, researchers detailed in the journal Cureus.

data standardization Enlitic enterprise imaging

Radiology providers cut costs, increase revenues with new data standardization approach

Two noted enterprise imaging experts will discuss the details during a conversation slated for Thursday, Nov. 14.

Next-generation VR headsets could improve ergonomics, radiologist reading experience

Radiologists utilized the Apple Vision Pro to assess CT images of possible diverticulitis, comparing the results with a standard computer monitor.

Patients without PCPs struggle to access lung cancer screening, despite eligibility

It is estimated that up to one-third of the U.S. population does not have a primary care provider.

Hackers were inside an Iowa hospital’s network for two weeks

St. Anthony Regional Hospital confirmed patient data was taken by cybercriminals, but the August incident is still being investigated.

Rads' lumbar MRI reads more accurate when they have access to patients' self-reported symptoms

Rads are more accurate when they have access to patients' self-reported symptoms

This is especially true for lumbar MRIs, as these exams often show abnormalities without correlating symptoms, making it difficult to distinguish between incidental findings and the actual source of patients’ issues.

Health IT

AI detects twice as many incidental lesions as radiologists

AMA brainstorms on key topics impacting healthcare

Research brief: Cybersecurity threats inherent to AI-aided remote patient monitoring

Walmart launches AI tool to steer Medicare Advantage members toward ‘healthy’ foods

Siemens Healthineers deploys its first mobile stroke unit in the US