Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS)enterprise image systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

Kansas starts planning for statewide HIE

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has begun planning for the eventual implementation of a statewide health information exchange (HIE).

Study: Chest x-ray IDs Kawasaki disease patients at risk for stenosis

Chest x-ray easily identifies Kawasaki disease patients at risk for serious coronary artery stenosis when a specific search for coronary artery calcification is pursued, according to a study in this month's Pediatric Cardiology.

AJR: CT bests x-ray for detecting H1N1 abnormals

CT scans are better than standard radiography in showing the extent of disease in patients with the swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus infection, according to a study published online today in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Axolotl makes management moves

Health IT developer Axolotl has made a series of executive management changes.

Illinois college installs Del x-ray systems

Northwestern College in Bridgeview, Ill., has installed four radiographic systems from Del Medical Systems Group.

RTI releases new x-ray/light field alignment tool

RTI Electronics has developed Nova, a new product and method for verifying the alignment between x-ray and light field.

McKesson upgrades ambulatory EHRs

Bright Note Technology is now available across the range of McKessons ambulatory EHR products for physician practices.

Perot aligns with AMGA, MGMA for extension center EHR training

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA), the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Perot Systems have formed an alliance to offer EHR-related training and implementation services to health IT regional extension centers.

Around the web

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.”

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."

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