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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SIIM 2022: Implementing AI in low-resource countries

With the help of AI, technologists at a hospital in Guyana were able to reduce mammographic positioning error rates from 20% to 5%.

DiA Imaging Analysis, which specialized in developing the AI-based automated cardiac ultrasound solution LVivo Seamless. The technology is now integrated through partnerships with dozens of healthcare vendors, including ScImage, GE Healthcare, Philips Healthcare Konica Minolta and IBM Watson.

ScImage latest vendor to adopt DiA Imaging Analysis AI for echocardiography

Artificial intelligence vendor DiA has emerged as a key third-party provider of AI to larger imaging vendors.

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Oracle acquires Cerner for $28.3 billion

Oracle has completed its $28.3 billion acquisition of Cerner, the company announced. The deal will finalize June 8.

Image-based data commons enjoying fast growth thanks to RSNA, ACR, other contributing orgs

A multi-institutional image-data repository launched to support AI-based research into COVID-19 has been the beneficiary of more than 30,000 anonymized imaging files from the Radiological Society of North America alone.

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VIDEO: What to look for in radiology workflow orchestration software

Elizabeth Bergey, MD, a diagnostic radiologist at Quantum, chairman of Quantum’s Board of Directors, discusses some of the questions radiology practices should be asking when evaluating orchestration software.

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How to prevent cherry picking on radiology worklists

One of the problems in radiology today is the selective cherry picking of the easier, more desirable cases from the DICOM worklists and leaving the more complicated studies for other radiologists, which is one of the factors in radiologist burnout.

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Physician compensation now above pre-pandemic levels

After overnight disruptions in 2020, healthcare providers returned to a new normal in 2021 that allowed for compensation gains.

FDA issues a cybersecurity warning: DNA sequencing software is vulnerable to attacks

While there haven’t been any reports of a cybersecurity threat, the vulnerability could allow an unauthorized user to take control of the medical device remotely, alter settings on the systems and even impact patient test results, according to the FDA.