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.

Data-blocking antitrust lawsuit against Epic can move forward, judge rules
Epic’s attempt to have a lawsuit filed by startup Particle Health dismissed was unsuccessful. However, a U.S. district court judge narrowed the claims and rejected accusations that Epic engaged in defamation.
Primary care providers embrace AI-generated imaging results explanations
Stanford Health Care has developed an electronic health record-integrated tool for helping draft comments on radiology, pathology and lab findings.
Hackers inside hospital network for two months expose 140K people
Aspire Rural Health System, a three-hospital system in Michigan, said it was unaware that its network had been compromised. An investigation revealed that hackers gained access to protected health information, including patient charts.
Radiology department adopts new incidental findings approach that’s closing cases at a 99% clip
Researchers with Northwestern University in Chicago detailed their novel system in an analysis published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
HHS announces crackdown on providers failing to share radiology results, other info
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has directed the agency to increase resources dedicated to curbing the “harmful practice of information blocking.”

Integration moves radiology image viewing and analysis onto single platform

Radical Imaging's FlexView now integrates with the Apollo Enterprise Imaging suite.

Radiology provider Akumin restores most systems following ransomware attack

The Plantation, Florida-based imaging center operator recently reached “important milestones” in its comeback from a debilitating October cyberattack.

Radiology vendor Covera Health raises up to $50M in financing, acquires AI firm

Coupled with its acquisition of CoRead—an AI quality assurance company used by over 2,000 hospitals—the startup plans to rapidly scale its offerings.

Covera Health earns $50M in funding, acquires radiology AI company

As part of the funding deal, Covera Health has finalized the acquisition of artificial intelligence vendor CoRead.

AI-powered radiology triage tech prioritizes image review based on patient need

Annalise.ai received "breakthrough designation" from the FDA for its radiology triage AI.

Roche, Ibex Medical Analytics and AWS partner for better cancer diagnostics

The three companies are partnering to bring AI tools to Roche’s digital pathology platform to streamline cancer diagnoses.

Patients prefer radiology reports that are structured, more challenging to read

The finding suggests that healthcare consumers desire greater detail in the reports, allowing them to seek further info about diseases or findings.

Healthcare data breaches have doubled this year, impacting a quarter of Americans

A new report utilizing U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) data shows 87 million patients have been affected by breaches this year, over double the 37 million in 2022.

Health IT

Data-blocking antitrust lawsuit against Epic can move forward, judge rules

Primary care providers embrace AI-generated imaging results explanations

Hackers inside hospital network for two months expose 140K people

Radiology department adopts new incidental findings approach that’s closing cases at a 99% clip

HHS announces crackdown on providers failing to share radiology results, other info