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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Community hospital accelerates workflow, improves communication with RIS

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

The 25-bed Redington-Fairview General Hospital (RFGH) in Skowhegan, Maine, may be small, but it is absolutely essential to the health of its community.

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RIS: Backbone of the multispecialty practice

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

For some healthcare providers, a RIS is simply nice to have. But for large, multispecialty practices with an imaging component, it is an imperative. Changes effected by such technology at The Austin Diagnostic Clinic (ADC), Texas, are proof positive that a best-of-breed RIS can make a big difference on many levels, operational and otherwise.

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The Year of the Enterprise

Every regular conference-goer is familiar with that drinking-from-a-firehouse sensation in the heat of the event, and the recent SIIM meeting did not disappoint in that respect.

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High-Tech PACS Improves Performance at Pennsylvania Community Hospital

Sponsored by Konica Minolta

When Meadville Medical Center (MMC), Meadville, Pa., decided in 2013 to replace its legacy PACS, the 235-bed facility faced an issue common to community hospitals nationwide.

Carestream’s Vue PACS with advanced features to support highly specialized care at Johns Hopkins Health System

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 23 — The Johns Hopkins Health System (Baltimore, Md.) has purchased Carestream Health’s Vue PACS which offers innovative radiology features that can further enhance the organization’s ability to help deliver exceptional medical services for patients with a wide range of diseases.

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FDA Guidance on Medical Apps Clears Path for Mobile Imaging

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

Mobile computing—via smart phones, tablets and, increasingly, wearable devices like smart watches—is increasing exponentially.

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Raleigh Radiology Offers Referrers Mobile Access to PACS

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

A mobile device offers a portal into everything from your bank account to the latest episode of your favorite television series, so why not give referring physicians mobile access to PACS? This question occurred to Raleigh Radiology in 2012, and when a mobile application became available for the practice’s Synapse® PACS, the tech-forward practice put the wheels in motion.

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IU Health: Achieving Data Ubiquity with a Little Help from the Cloud

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

In recent years, constituents across many industries have strongly embraced a cloud-based infrastructure to achieve data ubiquity. Healthcare is not one of these segments, but there are exceptions to the rule, among them the 19-hospital Indiana University Health (IU Health) system.