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.

Visualizing better care

Having advanced images available in an electronic record will evolve from cutting-edge technology to requirement eventually. However, getting complex images into everyday workflows will require answers to questions such as, how will these data-intense images be stored? How will they be kept secure? And perhaps most important, are these images necessary for improving daily care?

January 20, 2011

Rad attendance at RSNA 2010 sets record

Radiologist attendance at RSNA 2010 totaled 15,801, setting a new high bar in the meetings history.

January 20, 2011

District Court slams Guidant with fees, probation in ICD dispute

After a long and muddled fight, a U.S. District Court in Minnesota has sentenced Guidant, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Scientific, to three years probation for failing to report serious safety problems to the FDA regarding three models of its implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). The company also must pay more than $296 million in criminal fines.

January 13, 2011

From the Editor: The Year Ahead for Health IT

As CMIO celebrated the end of 2010, we were also looking ahead to what promises to be a pivotal year for healthcare in general and healthcare IT in particular.

January 4, 2011

Ariz. hospital misplaces endoscopy patient data

Data cards containing information about more than 2,200 patients were lost at Mountain View Medical Center, a 178-bed hospital in Mesa, Ariz. In a notice posted on the hospitals website Dec. 10, the hospital reported that the compact memory cards were misplaced from two endoscopy machines, and it became aware of the problem on Oct. 13.

December 15, 2010

Lancet: US finds link between endometrial thickness & cancer

The use of transvaginal ultrasound to measure endometrial thickness may be an effective method of screening for endometrial cancer and atypical endometrial hyperplasia, according to a study published in the December edition of The Lancet.

December 14, 2010

Massachusetts publishes vendor payments to docs

The Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services has published payments  from pharmaceutical and medical device companies to physicians and healthcare providers in Massachusetts in an online database, as mandated by a code of conduct state law.

December 9, 2010

RSNA: TeraRecon boosts mobile options

TeraRecon highlighted mobility and flexibility, showcasing Aquarius Mobile and iNstance Launch licensing at the 96th meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) held in Chicago, Nov. 28 to Dec. 2.  

December 8, 2010

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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."