Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a crucial component of healthcare to help augment physicians and make them more efficient. In medical imaging, it is helping radiologists more efficiently manage PACS worklists, enable structured reporting, auto detect injuries and diseases, and to pull in relevant prior exams and patient data. In cardiology, AI is helping automate tasks and measurements on imaging and in reporting systems, guides novice echo users to improve imaging and accuracy, and can risk stratify patients. AI includes deep learning algorithms, machine learning, computer-aided detection (CAD) systems, and convolutional neural networks.

AdvaMed itemizes AI imperatives for ‘the entire healthcare ecosystem’
If you work with healthcare AI, you owe it to patients, families and communities to keep certain principles top of mind in everything you do.
6 things high-achieving orgs do to wring real value from AI
What makes an organization an AI leader? Demonstrating success in one of two pursuits.
A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan
As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”
4 points crucial to the nimble regulation of GenAI
With generative AI coming into its own, AI regulators must avoid relying too much on principles of risk management—and not enough on those of uncertainty management.
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT
CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

Astute Doctor Provides 5 Tips for Helping Hospitals, Medical Groups and Physicians Meet Their Patient Experience Goals for the New Year

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.--Top on the list of New Year’s resolutions for many hospitals, medical groups and physicians today is the goal of improving the “patient experience.” To help providers better meet this new standard for healthcare, Astute Doctor, a national company providing an innovative approach to physician education through web-based, patient-centric CME courses, has developed a list of five tips to help organizations meet patient experience goals.

December 10, 2014

Prairie Ventures Announces the Acquisition of HealthInterlink, LLC Assets by Welch Allyn

Omaha, Nebraska, December 08, 2014 -- Prairie Ventures, a private investment firm with investments in healthcare technology and services, today announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of its telehealth company, HealthInterlink, LLC, by Welch Allyn, Inc.

December 10, 2014

Greenville Health System Selects Healthier Populations Solutions from Orion Health™

Boston, MA – December 9, 2014 – Orion Health, a leading population health management company, today announced that Greenville Health System (GHS), one of the largest not-for-profit healthcare organizations in the Southeast, has selected its Healthier Populations Solutions, a comprehensive set of interoperability and care coordination tools that support healthcare organizations’ population health initiatives. 

December 10, 2014

ONC official presents Federal Health IT Strategic Plan to HITPC

On the heels of the release of the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, Seth Pazinski, director of planning, evaluation and analysis at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, shared his high-level thoughts and solicited feedback on the plan at the Dec. 9 Health IT Policy Committee.

December 10, 2014

Medical billing provider settles with FTC for duping customers

An Atlanta-based health billing company and its former CEO have settled Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceived consumers about their company practices.

December 8, 2014

NJ hospital opens digital health store

A new onsite store at Morristown Medical Center aims to empower patients and visitors to use technology in their healthcare.

December 8, 2014

Federal HIT strategic plan published

The Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020 has been published and is open for public comment. The plan, updating the original 2011 version, lays out five specific goals for the designated timeframe.

December 8, 2014

Apps, privacy top PwC's list of top healthcare concerns for 2015

New research from PricewaterhouseCooper's Health Research Institute found that "do-it-yourself healthcare" is the top healthcare issue for 2015 with more than half (52 percent) of clinicians saying they are comfortable with mobile apps and devices monitoring vital signs.

December 8, 2014

Around the web

Cardiovascular Business

Payment cuts and beyond: Key takeaways for cardiologists from the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals.

AI in Healthcare

A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”

Cardiovascular Business

FDA commissioner urges clinicians to join fight against medical misinformation

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."