The Latest

• HIT Think How a New Mexico facility is using IT to battle addiction

  

  David Dallago

  Former chairman McKinley County Commission

  With many poor patients needing behavioral health services, Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services is using a suite of applications to meet their needs.

  Medical apps August 20

  Medical apps August 20

• University of Louisville expands pact with Premier for analytics support

  

  The University of Louisville Hospital in Kentucky is expanding an existing relationship with Premier to improve financial and clinical operations and help empower decision makers and physicians with actionable information, supported via analytics from the PremierConnect performance improvement platform.

  Healthcare analytics Joseph Goedert August 20

  Healthcare analytics Joseph Goedert August 20

• Faster CPU can accelerate ability to use AI on medical images

  

  Tests suggest that computer processors can accelerate the speed with which artificial intelligence can be applied to image studies.

  Radiology Fred Bazzoli August 20

  Radiology Fred Bazzoli August 20

• Mayo, vendor develop patient blood management solution

  

  Mayo Medical Laboratories and National Decision Support Company have jointly developed a new patient blood management solution.

  Clinical decision support Greg Slabodkin August 20

  Clinical decision support Greg Slabodkin August 20

• FDA approves device to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder

  

  The Food and Drug Administration has cleared a device that uses magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the brain for the treatment of a common mental illness.

  Medical devices Greg Slabodkin August 20

  Medical devices Greg Slabodkin August 20

• VA, Walgreens team to improve care coordination for vets

  

  Agency’s providers are able to directly view medications prescribed to patients and filled at the retail chain’s pharmacies.

  Data sharing Greg Slabodkin August 20

  Data sharing Greg Slabodkin August 20

• HIT Think How providers can benefit from more study of CDS benefits

  

  John Kontor, MD

  Executive vice president of consulting Advisory Board

  Results of a study analyzing the benefits from clinical decision support systems shows promise at Cedars-Sinai.

  Clinical decision support August 17

  Clinical decision support August 17

• UK hospitals analyzing cardiac CT images to treat artery disease

  

  National Health Service hospitals in the United Kingdom will use deep learning and analytics to better treat coronary artery disease.

  Radiology Fred Bazzoli August 17

  Radiology Fred Bazzoli August 17

• Opinion: AI efficacy in healthcare still needs to be proven in clinical studies

  

  There’s significant hype surrounding the use of artificial intelligence and its potential use in medicine, and more proof is needed.

  Artificial intelligence August 17

  Artificial intelligence August 17

• HHS awards $125M to bolster the use of IT by health centers

  

  The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $125 million in quality improvement grants throughout the country.

  HIT Greg Slabodkin August 17

  HIT Greg Slabodkin August 17