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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Radiology practice reportedly shutters after cyberattack, selling its property to local hospital system

Patients have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Pinehurst Radiology Associates, claiming it failed to protect their medical records. 

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4 cybersecurity best practices for radiology groups

Digitization of exams has made the imaging industry a “prime target” for cybercriminals, experts wrote recently in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

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Radiology group cyberattack exposes private info of over 150,000 patients

The information exposed during the attack included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and service charges.

Dana Smetherman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACR, chief executive officer of the American College of Radiology (ACR), explains a resolution at the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (HOD) 2025 meeting calling for requirements to add DICOM image interoperability to federal standards.

Radiologists call on AMA to push for new federal IT interoperability standards

Dana Smetherman, MD, CEO of the ACR, explains a resolution adopted at the American Medical Association House of Delegates meeting calling for new health IT standards. 

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Emergency physicians make more mistakes when interpreting imaging of multiple organs

A new analysis details the prevalence of interpretation errors in EDs, the factors that influence them and how they affect patient care. 

Health data possibly exposed in 'sophisticated' cyberattack on Aflac

A “sophisticated cybercrime group” is being blamed for an attack on the network of the private insurer, which may have exposed social security numbers and protected health information. The incident is still being investigated.

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UnitedHealth subsidiary exposes 5.5M patient records to hackers

Health IT company Episource confirmed a ransomware attack of its network exposed data from payer and provider customers alike, with details such as medical diagnoses and treatments possibly stolen by nefarious actors. 

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Kettering Health hit with class-action lawsuit weeks after ransomware attack

Law firm Wright & Schulte said they filed a legal complaint on behalf of patients, pointing to the health system’s alleged lack of transparency and negligence in protecting data as the basis for the lawsuit.