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.

Microsoft, Mayo challenge Google HealthVault

Mayo Clinic and Microsoft have launched Mayo Clinic Health Manager, a privacy- and security-enhanced online application for storing personal medical information, where consumers can receive individualized health guidance and recommendations based on the clinical expertise of Mayo Clinic.

Agfa HealthCare sees downtick in sales for Q1

While the economic slowdown impacted Agfa-Gevaert's graphics and specialty products division for the first quarter of 2009, Agfa HealthCare performed "in line with the company's expectations," with only a 1 percent decline in sales.

Revolutions Medical to distribute FDA-approved breast biopsy system

Revolutions Medical has signed a worldwide exclusive license with Strategic Product Development for an image-guided navigation system that incorporates a breast biopsy system with conventional mammography systems.

Indiana hospitals use state HIE messaging service

Physicians and patients at the Howard Regional Health System and St. Joseph Hospital can now benefit from clinical information exchanged through Indiana Health Information Exchange's (IHIE) DOCS4DOCS service.

Report: EHR adoption will be spurred by penalties, not incentives

With a $36 billion injection into health IT through the stimulus fund, the federal government hopes to create a digital healthcare infrastructure that reduces costs and improves quality. While many have their eyes on the carrot, the big stick of penalty payments are actually much more of a incentive for hospitals and physicians to comply, according to an analysis from PriceWaterhouseCoopers' Healthcare Research Institute.

TeraMedica aligns with Compressus

TeraMedica Healthcare Technology is partnering with Compressus to deliver an enterprise approach to providing a data management and unified view to a resident EMR system.

CRM: Transradial PCI in STEMI proves safe, effective in five-year experience

The transradial approach is a safe and effective way to treat ST-segment-elevation MI (STEMI) patients during PCI procedures, compared to a transfemoral approach, according to a retrospective, five-year study in the April-June issue of Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. In fact, site-related complications are less common with this approach.

Legislators seek to increase DXA reimbursement

In an effort to protect patient access to osteoporosis testing, lawmakers have introduced the Medicare Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis Testing Act of 2009 to reverse the cuts in Medicare for dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA).

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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