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.

Aycan introduces a 'mini' PACS for independent practices

The enterprise imaging system is equipped with basic features for storage and sharing, with the option to upgrade.

ChatGPT large language models radiology health care

Large language models excel at simplifying radiology reports

Yale scientists sought to gauge how LLMs such as ChatGPT-3.5/4, Google’s Bard (now known as Gemini) and Microsoft Bing could improve readability.

Medical image-sharing startup PocketHealth raises $33M in series B financing

Round13 Capital and the investment arms of Samsung and Deloitte all pitched in, with the company using the money to double its workforce within the next two years.

This week in the Change Healthcare hack fallout: 10 notable quotes

“ALPHV/BlackCat and their affiliates haven’t attacked Change Healthcare. This time, they’ve attacked our families.”

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Novel workflow automatically integrates AI results into structured radiology reports

German experts detailed their experience with the “AI to SR pipeline” in an analysis published in Insights into Imaging.

Change Healthcare reaches ‘important’ step in resumption of services after cyberattack

To aid in this transition, Change owner UnitedHealth Group has advanced more than $2 billion in payments through multiple initiatives.

OmegaAI adds 'progressive loading' for real-time radiology image reading

The cloud-based enterprise image system loads scan results almost instantly.

HHS to investigate Change Healthcare cyberattack

“Given the unprecedented magnitude of this cyberattack, and in the best interest of patients and health care providers, OCR is initiating an investigation into this incident,” states a “Dear Colleague” letter from OCR director Melanie Fontes Rainer.

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