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.

Hospital's digital intelligence platform cuts imaging wait times, but with a caveat
The closed-loop digital platform is equipped with an intelligent scheduling algorithm and a dynamic report dispatching system.
Ransomware attack on UMMC causes 20% drop in revenue due to delayed patient care
The report on the financials comes from Mississippi Today. University of Mississippi Medical Center said it’s still processing paper backups and has extended clinic hours to address the backlog of elective surgeries and bring revenue back up to expectations. The attack happened in February and caused non-emergency operations at the health system to shut down for nine days.
Novartis sued for allegedly leaking data on breast cancer patient to Google, Contentsquare
In a lawsuit seeking class action status, a woman identified as “P.M.” said she began using the website for Kisqali, a Novartis breast cancer treatment, in late 2024 shortly after being issued a prescription. Unbeknownst to her, sensitive data she shared when seeking a discount may have been shared with advertisers.
CMS leaves the ’80s behind with shift away from snail mail correspondence, fax machines
In a Final Rule revealed last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services outlined its plan to exchange medical records, diagnostic images and clinical notes electronically using secure protocols. Once the rule is published in the Federal Register, any HIPAA-covered entity that interacts with Medicare will have two years to follow CMS into the modern age.
9 ways cardiovascular IT systems can improve your day-to-day workflow
Bringing in a new and improved cardiovascular IT system can save physicians a ton of time and lead to considerable cost savings.

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Clover Health becomes first healthcare payer to meet CMS interoperability standard

Meeting the requirements to become a CMS Aligned Network means medical records on its core Medicare Advantage patients will be made available in real-time upon request, facilitated through secure data exchange made possible by Kno2.

Cyberattack on healthcare RCM vendor may have impacted 140K patients

The details stem from a report from SecurityWeek, but they’re a little fuzzy. After a 12 GB data trove was posted to the dark web, Vikor Scientific reported to HHS that there were nearly 140,000 victims. However, the source of the breach may be a third-party revenue cycle company, Catalyst RCM.

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Cardiology groups to Trump administration: AI still has a long way to go

Multiple cardiology societies responded to an HHS request for public feedback by outlining some of the current barriers to wider AI adoption. "It is essential that any policy frameworks must reaffirm that clinicians—not algorithms—remain at the center of patient care," ACC President Christopher Kramer, MD, said.

UMMC reopens clinics shut down by ransomware attack as recovery progresses

On Monday, the University of Mississippi Medical Center said its phone systems were once again operational, allowing it to reach out to patients to reschedule missed appointments. Its clinics were shut down statewide to prioritize emergency care, as its hospitals were operating on paper backups.

AHA: ‘Zero trust’ cybersecurity posture necessary to protect hospital data

The National Security Agency released a two-phase plan for all entities within the U.S. Department of War to follow for no-trust cyber defenses. The American Hospital Association said the protocols could be adopted by hospitals.

Alex Towbin, MD, FAAP, FACR, FSIIM, Society for Imaging Informatics (SIIM) chair-elect, associate chief medical information officer, Department of Radiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and Sylvia Devlin MS, RT, CIIP, FSIIM, SIIM treasurer and director of customer success imaging informatics, Radiology Partners, explain the big IT trends they saw across the vendors at RSNA 2025.

Key radiology IT trends worth watching

In this video interview, Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine leaders discuss some of the biggest imaging IT trends emerging in 2026.

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Data breach notice reveals Michigan hospital staff violated privacy of UK influencer

The facility in question was not revealed in a video posted on Instagram, where social media star Joshua Cauldwell-Clarke read the letter aloud and asked healthcare workers to please respect the rights of patients.

Public hospital in Georgia says it was hacked last year—intruders were inside its network for days

Emanuel Medical Center, a nonprofit healthcare facility run by the county, confirmed last week that it suffered a data breach in May 2025. It said protected health information was accessed in the cyberattack, and it’s begun sending notices to victims.

Health IT

Hospital's digital intelligence platform cuts imaging wait times, but with a caveat

Ransomware attack on UMMC causes 20% drop in revenue due to delayed patient care

Novartis sued for allegedly leaking data on breast cancer patient to Google, Contentsquare

CMS leaves the ’80s behind with shift away from snail mail correspondence, fax machines

9 ways cardiovascular IT systems can improve your day-to-day workflow