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.

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.
5 tips to learn AI from scratch and for free
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 delivers PACS to Finland

The hospital district of Helsinki and Uusimaa will implement Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX 6.5 PACS at its HUS-Rntgen medical imaging centers.

April 28, 2011

Digital pathology fuels UCLA sub-specialty pathology program

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (UCLA) in Los Angeles, Calif., and Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University, are using Aperios Digital Pathology System to support sub-specialty pathology consultations.

April 27, 2011

Cambridge Heart redesigns MTWA software

Cambridge Heart has released its redesigned Microvolt T-Wave Alternans (MTWA) software for its HearTwave II and CH2000 platforms.

April 26, 2011

GE and Cisco integrate tracking capabilities

GE Healthcare Performance Solutions and Cisco have agreed to integrate GEs AgileTrac platform with Ciscos Unified Wireless Network and Context-Aware Software to allow hospitals to track patients, staff and equipment.

April 26, 2011

Toshiba introduces two HD microscopy cameras

Toshiba Imaging Systems Division has partnered with Dage-MTI to introduce two new high definition (HD) cameras designed specifically for microscopy applications. Dage-MTIs RealView HD Microscope Cameras combine Toshiba Imagings proprietary imaging technology with specially-formatted, preset values for use in microscopy applications.

April 26, 2011

What would the radiologists do?

Several recent studies make clear the need for the voice of experience in the drive to improve care and lower costs through better management of images. Theres plenty of room for improvement, and IT leadership should pay attention to whats going on in the radiology department.

April 26, 2011

Tenet Healthcare: The Path to Meaningful Use

There is no getting around it: One financial challenge hospitals and health systems will face going forward is planning to demonstrate the meaningful use of IT and making sure the investment can be leveraged for the system’s goals of improved care and efficiency. Meeting federal meaningful use standards, however, is only the start of a long journey

April 24, 2011

Montefiore addresses mammo reading workflow

Mach 7 Technologies (M7T) has collaborated with Montefiore Medical Center to deploy its Keystone Engine to improve mammography reading workflow.

April 22, 2011

Around the web

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."