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. 

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Reider to leave ONC by end of Nov.

The exodus from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) continues as Deputy National Coordinator Jacob Reider, MD, made it known that he will depart the agency at the end of November.

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Surprising change

Earlier today I was sure that our coverage of the 2014 AMDIS Fall Symposium were the most impactful health IT headlines of the week. Then came the news late this afternoon that Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, has left her post as head of the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT to help manage the Ebola crisis.

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Five rules to reconsider innovation

BOSTON—Is the concept of an innovation center outmoded? That was the idea posed by Sachin Jain, MD, MBA, chief medical information and innovation officer at Merck and Company, who spoke during a session at the 2014 AMDIS Fall Symposium.

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ONC gets new privacy officer

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has hired a new chief privacy officer.

ONC announces new round of fellows

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has welcomed its latest group of health IT fellows.

RTI awarded contract to create roadmap for national health IT safety center

The Department of Health & Human Services has awarded RTI International, a N.C.-based global research institute, a contract to create a roadmap for the development of a national health IT safety center.

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$1.6M AHRQ grant to investigate health IT communication

A $1.6 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is supporting a new University of Michigan School of Nursing study that focuses on health IT’s effects on provider communication.

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FTC, ONC collaborating on HIT competition

Following up on a Federal Trade Commission workshop last spring on health IT competition, the agency has announced plans to collaborate with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to help promote competition in health IT.

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.”