Medical Imaging

Imaging technologies are highly advanced in the health care industry and have become commonplace in diagnosis and treatment. Yet managing and consolidating images in the contemporary clinical setting is a challenge. Read here about picture archiving systems, integration with electronic health records, image data standards, and storage and distribution issues across widespread networks.

Breach Pattern: Thieves Seek X-rays for their Silver Content

Joseph Goedert | May 14

An orthopedic clinic in North Carolina recently reported a major data breach when X-ray films were stolen for their silver content, and El Centro Regional Medical Center in California has just reported a similar breach.

Hospitals

Consumer Health

Data Security

Policy & Regulation

Stimulus

Vendor Scam Results in Data Breach for Clinic

Joseph Goedert | May 09

Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic in North Carolina is notifying approximately 17,300 patients of a breach of their protected health information after the clinic apparently was the victim of a scam.

Consumer Health

Data Security

Group Practices

Policy & Regulation

Stimulus

Health I.T. Keeps NY Islanders On the Ice

Apr 29

How the Isles’ medical team uses PACS/RIS and other health information technologies to take care of John Tavares, Matt Moulson, Brad Boyles and the rest of NHL playoff-bound team.

Decision Support

Hospitals

NFL Drafts eClinicalWorks to Tackle On-Field Injuries

Apr 24

The NFL draft is getting underway, and the league has made a draft choice of its own: It has called on eClinicalWorks to create a mobile electronic health record that will be used by team caregivers to provide real-time access to player videos and information on how to diagnose and treat sports injuries.

Decision Support

EHR

Health Info Exchange

Hospitals

Mobile Technology

Web Technology

Wireless/Mobile

Joint Commission Issues Alert on Medical Device Alarm Fatigue

Joseph Goedert | Apr 08

The Joint Commission on April 8 issued a Sentinel Event Alert to hospitals, imploring leaders to take a focused look at the serious risk caused by “alarm fatigue” from medical devices.

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Consumer Health

Hospitals

Chronic Care

Disease Management

Medication Management

Policy & Regulation

Mobile Technology

President Obama’s Challenge: Map the Brain

Joseph Goedert | Apr 02

President Obama on April 2 launched a national public-private initiative to map the human brain, adding federal funds to private sector efforts as was done to map the human genome.

Disease Management

Decision Support

Consumer Health

EHR

Hospitals

Policy & Regulation

Health Info Exchange

Group Practices

Congressional Opposition to Medical Device Tax Grows

Joseph Goedert | Mar 22

A test vote in the U.S. Senate on March 21 shows significant numbers of Democratic lawmakers now are joining Republicans in opposing the health reform law’s 2.3 percent sales tax on medical devices.

Mobile Technology

Hospitals

Group Practices

Policy & Regulation

Part II: New Products Vendors are Demoing at HIMSS13

Joseph Goedert | Mar 01

Health Data Management on Feb. 28 highlighted five new products that vendors are demonstrating at HIMSS13 in New Orleans, and here are a few more:

Mobile Technology

EHR

Hospitals

Group Practices

Consumer Health

Health Info Exchange

Vendor News

Systems Integration

Chronic Care

Decision Support

Mobile App to Support Verbal CPOE

Joseph Goedert | Feb 22

Medical dictation/transcription/speech recognition vendor M*Modal and Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare have developed a speech recognition-powered computerized physician order entry mobile app and will demonstrate a beta version at HIMSS13 in New Orleans.

Mobile Technology

Medication Management

Group Practices

Hospitals

Vendor News

KLAS’ Target for a Single-Vendor Performance Report: Agfa

Joseph Goedert | Feb 20

Vendor research firm KLAS Enterprises has taken the unusual step of publishing a report on the performance and customer satisfaction of a single vendor--medical imaging software firm Agfa HealthCare.

Hospitals

Vendor News

Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2013

Feb 18

Decision Support

EHR

Group Practices

Hospitals

Medication Management

Mobile Technology

Systems Integration

Optum Labs Opens for Industry Analtyics Collaboration

Joseph Goedert | Jan 16

Information technology vendor Optum Health, a unit of giant insurer UnitedHealth Group, has launched a collaborative research and development facility, called Optum Labs, with its initial partner Mayo Clinic.

Electronic Data Interchange

EHR

Group Practices

Hospitals

Medication Management

Payers

Vendor News

Why Trade Press Social Media is Quick, Free Value

Joseph Goedert | Jan 10

One site, one screen, one time a day, gives you a quick snapshot of the news and easy links to the stories that interest you. That’s what trade press social media sites can offer.

Consumer Health

Coding

EHR

Health Info Exchange

Data Security

Group Practices

Hospitals

Payers

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Policy & Regulation

Vendor News

Study: Radiologists, Other Physicians Need to Hike PQRS Reporting

Joseph Goedert | Jan 08

A new study finds that many physicians do not meet Physician Quality Reporting System requirements and could face lower reimbursement from Medicare in 2015 if they aren’t participating in 2013.

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Payers

Policy & Regulation

Group Practices

Hospitals

New Lexmark Buy Targets Medical Imaging

Joseph Goedert | Jan 03

Lexmark International, a vendor of printing services and document workflow products, has acquired medical imaging software vendor Acuo Technologies for $45 million.

Vendor News

Hospitals

Group Practices