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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HHS warns healthcare providers of new ransomware threat

“Royal appears to be a private group without any affiliates while maintaining financial motivation as their goal,” HHS warns.

ACR rolls out quick guide to LDCT incidental findings

Clinicians who routinely manage patients screened for lung cancer with low-dose CT have a new 1-page printout to illuminate evidence-based care pathways when faced with significant but questionably urgent incidental findings.

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Epic launches connection hub for developers

Epic, the nation’s largest electronic health record system, has launched a new Connection Hub where vendors can interoperate with Epic software.

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EHR review for burnout reveals hostility toward physicians in patient messages

A study that aimed to look at the association between physician burnout and electronic health record message characteristics did not find a strong link, but did reveal opportunities to improve negativity and hostility toward physicians in some messages.

What do Google and Amazon really want from medical imaging?

Big Tech’s recent expansions into medical imaging have business watchers scrambling to decipher the unspoken stratagems beneath the conspicuous moves.

Dynamic lung air flow analysis just using X-ray without any contrast with new technology from 4D Medical.

PHOTO GALLERY: New technology and trends at RSNA 2022

Images from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2022 annual meeting Nov. 27- Dec. 1 in Chicago. The gallery includes new technologies and a look at sights around the world's largest radiology conference. 

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Google Health partners with iCAD in commercial AI imaging push

The deal is the first commercial partnership for Google Health to introduce its breast imaging AI into clinical practice.

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Sunshine and rainbows and trauma: How weather can impact CT volume in EDs

This week at the annual RSNA meeting, the worlds of radiologists and meteorologists collided when researchers presented evidence of associations between certain weather conditions and patients presenting with polytrauma.