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.

ONC gets new privacy officer

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

October 14, 2014

ONC announces new round of fellows

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

October 13, 2014

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.

October 13, 2014

$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.

October 9, 2014

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.

October 9, 2014

Technology is only part of the solution at Geisinger

CHICAGO—Geisinger Health System is working on data analytics, innovation and incremental behavior change to improve patient outcomes, said Alistair Erskine, MD, the health system's chief clinical informatics officer, speaking at the 2014 Healthcare Leadership Forum. “That’s what we’re convinced will make the changes in the end.”

October 8, 2014

ONC exodus continues; Murphy headed to IBM

Yet another member of the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT is leaving. Judy Murphy, chief nursing officer and director of the Office of Clinical Quality and Safety, is leaving ONC for the role of chief nursing officer with IBM Healthcare Global Business Services.

October 3, 2014

SMC Partners Announces Partnership with PilotFish, the Leader in Healthcare Integration Engine Solutions

Hartford, CT, October 01, 2014 - -SMC Partners LLC, an information technology, business process, and human performance solution delivery company, announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Applied PilotFish Healthcare Integration, Inc.

October 3, 2014

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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."