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.

vRad white paper: how radiology can use imaging analytics to become an indispensable partner

Radiology provides critical value in the diagnostic process. However, significant changes in healthcare now require the specialty to think creatively about how to provide additional value beyond interpretation, including transparency into quality and economic performance. 

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Imaging IT shoppers in Europe prioritizing voice rec, PACS

Speech recognition software is at the top of the wish list, if not in the active purchasing plans, for 272 healthcare providers shopping for or in the process of buying imaging IT products in eight countries of northern Europe. 

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Journey to Imaging 3.0: A road paved with information technology

Sponsored by Nuance

As an early adopter of speech recognition technology in 2000, Richard H. Wiggins, III, MD, CIIP, FSIIM, witnessed a stunning reduction in turnaround times (TAT) at the University of Utah Health Care, Salt Lake City.

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Upstate Carolina takes turnaround times into the end zone

Sponsored by Konica Minolta

Of all scenarios in radiology that call for lightning-fast turnaround times coupled with absolute accuracy, few present the pressure of serving as the radiology group on call for in-season sports-injury studies.

McKesson rolls out Conserus; will amplify image capabilities of EHRs

McKesson spent a good deal of its time at HIMSS15 showcasing a new, vendor-neutral IT suite aimed at helping healthcare providers orchestrate workflows and increase interoperability—not least by image-enabling their EHR systems.

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Resourceful staffing strategies help Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha provide world-class radiology

McKesson

Every hospital-based radiology department in the U.S. knows it needs to reduce costs while improving care—now, not later on down the road—but only the most focused and forward-looking manage to pull off the feat one day and, the next, secure its sustainability for many years to come.

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Chesapeake Bay imaging network chooses Viztek for PACS

Mid-Atlantic Imaging Centers, which serves as the imaging provider for more than 70 physicians within Norfolk, Va.-based Mid-Atlantic Women’s Care, is going with Viztek for PACS.

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NLP to aid point-of-care imaging informatics?

“The patient refused an autopsy.” “Discharge status: alive but without permission.” “Patient has two teenage children but no other abnormalities.” Classic comedic lines from Monty Python’s Flying Circus? Nope. Real-world examples of muffed medical dictation that could have been caught upon utterance by natural language processing (NLP) technology.