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. 

HL7 survey finds high turnover, anticipated integration

Health IT leadership has seen relatively high turnover, interface engine usage continues to be diverse and most organizations plan to stay with their current interface engines. Those are some of the findings of the 2014 HL7 Interface Technology Survey.

Report details healthcare shift ushered in by tech ventures, transparency

The healthcare industry is on the cusp of a major change as technology companies support a consumer-driven industry that will shape the way healthcare is delivered, according to a report from Oliver Wyman.

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CHIME recognizes Memorial Healthcare, Iatric Systems

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives has awarded Iatric Systems, a health IT integration company, and its customer Mich.-based Memorial Healthcare, its 2014 Collaboration Award.

CHIME, KLAS enter partnership

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives is teaming up with KLAS Enterprises, a research firm, to accelerate and enhance industry performance and support all stakeholders in healthcare transformation.

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Impressive innovation

This week in health IT it’s all about innovation. The Center for Connected Health held its annual symposium, Cleveland Clinic its Medical Innovation Summit and DreamIt Health Ventures had a demonstration day showcasing amazing uses of technology to achieve the triple aim.

DreamIt demo day highlights disruptive care technologies

DreamIt Health Philadelphia held a demonstration day Oct. 30 when start-up companies pitched their products that aim to disrupt healthcare.

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CHIME, AHA to partner on IT

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and the American Hospital Association's Health Forum announced plans to work together to enhance the development of the Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study, which annually measures the growth of IT use and adoption among U.S. hospitals.

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P4 medicine: A shift from disease to wellness

“Systems medicine is at a tipping point and is transforming healthcare,” said Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, president and co-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology, in his keynote address at the Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit on Oct. 28.

Around the web

Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.

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. 

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.”