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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Transitioning to value-based care: What will imaging’s role be?

McKesson

Preparing for the paradigm shift to value-based care remains a topic of intense focus and discussion while the concept continues to be defined in a meaningful way, according to Cindy Hardin, executive director, Infrastructure Product Management in imaging and workflow solutions at McKesson. 

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Remote Medical International and vRad Support U.S. Military in Afghanistan and Kuwait with Critical Radiology Services

MINNEAPOLIS and SEATTLE — (July 29, 2014) vRad (Virtual Radiologic) the largest U.S. telemedicine company and radiology practice with over 450 physicians, and Remote Medical International® (RMI), a leading provider of global medical support services for remote locations, announced today that vRad is providing 24x7 emergent teleradiology services for RMI’s medical staff supporting the U.S. Military in Afghanistan and Kuwait.

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Achieving personalized care delivery using standardized protocols: Sectra DoseTrack at UHCMC

Sponsored by Sectra

A year into implementing a better method to track and report patient radiation dose and the team at University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) in Cleveland says they are on the right track. The center of UHCMC’s dose tracking and reporting is Sectra Dose Track™, the dose-monitoring and reporting platform from Sectra.

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Hill Country practice is PACS-flavored success story

Sponsored by Konica Minolta

Nine years ago, when radiologist Kevin Barker, MD, joined the solo practice of Dr. Anson Cone, Community Radiology Associates (CRA) covered one imaging center and one rural hospital, and enjoyed high regard from referring physicians in the Texas Hill Country, a vast, 25-county region marked by rugged hills separating Austin from San Antonio.

Making the transition from imaging IT to IS

Imaging IT personnel have unprecedented opportunities to make the transition from the radiology department to enterprise IT, says Louis Lannum, who recently did the same at the Cleveland Clinic.

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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.