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.

Health challenge announces 7 projects winning $2M

Seven projects that harness the power of data and information for the health of communities will receive more than $2 million as winners of the Knight News Challenge: Health, according to an announcement made at the Clinton Health Matters conference in La Quinta, Calif.

January 15, 2014

HHS releases SAFER guides for HIT

Furthering its Health IT Safety Plan, the Department of Health & Human Services has released a new set of guides and interactive tools to help healthcare providers more safely use electronic health IT products.

January 15, 2014

HIT venture capital funding healthy in 2013

Venture capital funding in the health IT sector almost doubled in 2013, totaling $2.2 billion in 571 deals compared to $1.2 billion in 163 deals in 2012.

January 14, 2014

EHR products achieve MU certification

More software vendors have had specific EHR products certified for meeting some or all requirements of the 2014 edition of the Meaningful Use program.

January 13, 2014

Texas CIO earns HIMSS/CHIME HIT award

Edward W. Marx, senior vice president and CIO at Texas Health Resources in Arlington, has been selected as the recipient of the 2013 John E. Gall Jr. CIO of the Year Award.

January 13, 2014

Brightree Announces Strategic Agreement With athenahealth

Brightree LLC, the leading provider of cloud-based clinical, billing and business management software solutions for the post-acute care industry, announced today a strategic agreement with athenahealth, Inc.(Nasdaq: ATHN), a leading provider of cloud-based services for electronic health records (EHR), practice management and care coordination. Under the terms of the agreement, Brightree’s home health, hospice and home medical equipment (HME) customers will have the opportunity to improve their access to the more than 15,000 providers who are currently using the athenaClinicals® and athenaCoordinator® services. athenahealth physicians will reduce post-acute care order processing time with direct and instant access to Brightree’s network of 2,700 providers.

January 7, 2014

FDA’s Guidance ‘Good Start’ for Mobile App Industry

The FDA finally came out with its final guidance on mobile health apps. While there weren’t any surprises, many say rapidly advancing technology requires the guidance to be an ever-evolving document.

December 19, 2013

Lincor Upgrades Patient Engagement Technology, Launches New Product Portfolio

Lincor Solutions Inc. today announced the launch of a new portfolio of products for delivering its industry-leading patient engagement technology to hospitals and health systems. Powered by next-generation technology that provides access to clinical, administrative and entertainment systems within a single platform, Lincor's LINC product portfolio offers a range of easy-to-implement solutions for increasing patient satisfaction scores, improving clinical outcomes, reducing unnecessary readmissions and facilitating electronic health record (EHR) adoption.

December 18, 2013

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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."