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.

Healthcare cybersecurity has never been so complicated—or so plannable
AI technologies have changed daily life for provider organizations and industry partners alike. Arguably the biggest single difficulty to emerge from the complex transformation is the risk of cybersecurity breaches.
Sectra finalizes Oxipit acquisition
Oxipit’s autonomous AI chest X-ray analysis software, ChestLink, will now be available through Sectra’s AI marketplace.
Nearly 200 radiology reports never sent to patients' referring providers, health authority says
Complaints stemming from such delays prompted officials to look further into the issue, eventually leading them to discover that nearly 200 reports had not been sent to patients’ referring providers.
Ransomware gang claims credit for Signature Healthcare cyberattack—albeit temporarily
Brockton Hospital, part of Signature Healthcare, was hit by a “cybersecurity incident” on Monday that forced ambulances to divert patients to other emergency rooms. As the hospital worked to get systems back online, the ransomware gang Anubis claimed responsibility for the breach, then removed their post.
CareCloud hit by data breach that could impact millions
The publicly traded EHR and cloud healthcare IT infrastructure company confirmed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that hackers were able to breach its network in March for roughly eight hours, gaining partial access to patient record stores. The incident is being investigated.

Radiology IT expert Rik Primo explains issues with interfacing EMR data into radiology PACS. #interoperability #PACS

Improving interoperability between the PACS and EMR

Radiologists need better access to patient data stored in the electronic medical record, imaging IT expert Rik Primo explains.

Cardiology group hit by cyberattack, exposing data of nearly 182,000 patients

Patient names, addresses, social security numbers and even medical histories were exposed as a result of the attack, which went unnoticed for more than two months.

How EHR training can reduce physician turnover

A new KLAS report offers detailed insight into how physician interactions with electronic health records systems can improve turnover rates.

Radiology IT expert Rik Primo discusses trends he sees in imaging informatics at HIMSS and RSNA.

3 key radiology IT systems trends

Imaging IT expert Rik Primo discusses emerging issues he saw at RSNA and HIMSS.

Closed-loop communication tool improves value of radiologists' recommendations

Patients might sometimes undergo unnecessary and costly evaluations when specialists do not provide referrers with all of the necessary information.

Clinics tap GPT-4 to ease charting burden, improve patient care

The hope is that the GPT-4-based notes assistant will ease the burden of manual charting on physicians while also offering patients more personalized visit summaries, Carbon Health announced June 5.

ChatGPT effectively simplifies radiology reports, presents 'real opportunity' to better inform patients

Radiology reports are typically written in language well above the average American adult’s eighth grade reading level, making them a source of confusion for patients.

Do clinicians want radiologists' management advice? Interviews shed some light on 'unwanted' recommendations

Clinicians only want the information they need to make treatment decisions, rather than advice on what actions they should take, the survey found.

Health IT

Healthcare cybersecurity has never been so complicated—or so plannable

Sectra finalizes Oxipit acquisition

Nearly 200 radiology reports never sent to patients' referring providers, health authority says

Ransomware gang claims credit for Signature Healthcare cyberattack—albeit temporarily

CareCloud hit by data breach that could impact millions