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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SimonMed Imaging failed to protect patient information before ransomware attack, class action lawsuit claims

Maricopa County, Arizona, resident Rosemary Hamermaster and others are seeking a jury trial and damages of more than $5 million. 

Sectra and Siemens Healthineers partner to improve CT workflows

The partnership will enable radiologists to more seamlessly access and post-process images acquired on Siemens Healthineers’ photon-counting CT scanners.

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How radiology groups can contain damage from future cyberattacks

Radiologists with Harvard Medical School gave guidance to peers in a perspective piece published Tuesday in Academic Radiology

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Data trove of 1.6M patient records discovered online

A cybersecurity researcher made the discovery. The database, in the care of a clinical trials company, was not password protected or encrypted. 

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Risk prediction algorithm slashes number of unnecessary thyroid nodule biopsies

Although the vast majority of nodules are benign, many are referred for biopsy as a precaution to rule out malignancy.

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Data-sharing startup Avandra Imaging raises nearly $18M from top health systems, others

The company seeks to “organize the world’s medical images,” serving as a data marketplace for biopharma firms, researchers, physicians and AI companies.  

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GE HealthCare taps Enlitic for large-scale imaging data migration plans

The duo announced the partnership on Monday, stating that the collaboration marks “a shift in how healthcare institutions approach data.” 

New AI model segments 80 MRI structures

Easy-to-use AI model effectively segments 80 structures on MRI

New data suggest the model outperforms publicly available segmentation algorithms.