Digital Transformation

This evolution of healthcare involves using technology to improve diagnosis, treatments, monitor patients, enhance hospital operations and culture, and bolster consumer-focused care. This includes virtual reality tools, wearable devices, workflow software, health apps and other digital health tools.

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There’s no shortage of resources for healthcare workers who wish they knew AI well enough to talk shop with the technology pros who develop the models. The problem is weeding through the offerings to get to what will really work for you.

Agfa selects Dell for cloud services

Agfa HealthCare has selected Dell of Round Rock, Texas, to host its cloud clinical archive portfolio, including the Imaging Clinical Information System platform.

June 7, 2012

M*Modal creates CMIO role

Jonathan A. Handler, MD, has joined clinical documentation services and speech recognition technology developer M*Modal as CMIO, a new position at the company.

June 6, 2012

AAMI: Scan horizon for future technology servicesand observe rise of HTMs star

CHARLOTTE, N.C.What shape will the healthcare technology management (HTM) profession take in years to come? What new duties will it take on and which current responsibilities will it shed? No crystal ball in the world can help answer such vexing questions, but horizon scanningmaking informed forecasts based on present realities and developing trendscan.

June 5, 2012

PACSGear dives further into cloud-based image sharing

PACSGear, a developer of imaging connectivity for EHRs, has signed an agreement with SeeMyRadiology.com, a cloud-based medical imaging technology, to participate in the Open Image Exchange, a cloud-based network designed to share medical images and results.

June 5, 2012

AAMI: Groom next-gen CE leaders now or lament lost opportunities later

CHARLOTTE, N.C.Without a concerted effort to develop new leaders and plan for managerial succession, the well-oiled machines that are todays clinical engineering (CE) departments could end up sputtering and stalling like so many rusty jalopies just a few years down the road. Three presenters offered tips on preventing such a scenario from playing out in a June 2 session at the 2012 annual conference of AAMI, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.

June 4, 2012

AAMI: In defense of the in-house wireless test lab for devices

CHARLOTTE, N.C.An expert panel of four discussed the how-to and why-to of overcoming the impediments prohibiting the building and implementation of a wireless test lab in the provider setting prior to rolling out medical devices onto the larger wireless network, during a June 2 presentation at the 2012 AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) Conference & Expo.

June 3, 2012

AAMI: Survey says? Find out how your CE dept is serving your customers

CHARLOTTE, N.C.How do healthcare technology managers, a clinical engineering (CE) department or an outsourced service company understand the value that they bring to a particular provider? Raymond Ongirski, director of system clinical engineering at Alexian Brothers Health System in Arlington Heights, Ill., says: survey them, during a June 2 presentation at the 2012 AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) Conference & Expo.

June 2, 2012

Best Practices Awards: Big winner from the smallest state

The Department of Diagnostic Imaging at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence has won Healthcare Technology Managements first-ever Best Practices in Healthcare Technology Management Awards.

June 1, 2012

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Payment cuts and beyond: Key takeaways for cardiologists from the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

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A modest proposal to rally AI regulators around a simple game plan

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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."