During RNSA15, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), in collaboration with The Sequoia Project, today introduced the Image Share Validation Program, a conformity assessment program that will set the standard for consistency in the marketplace. The Image Share Validation Program will encourage the adoption of image-sharing capabilities by imaging vendors and radiology sites, expanding access to medical images and reports whenever and wherever they are needed. The Validation Program
Read More
Health IT | News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant
Nuance, NDSC Partner to Deliver Value-Based Imaging Solutions
Nuance and the The National Decision Support Company (NDSC) today jointly announced a strategic collaboration through which the two companies are leveraging the American College of Radiology’s (ACR) Imaging 3.0 tools, enabling radiologists and healthcare provider organizations to comply with current and emerging value based payments models, as well as simplifying the communication between radiologists and ordering physicians.
This will bring radiology back to the way in was 25 years ago, when
Read More
Fujifilm Unveils Next Generation Digital Radiography
During Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago this week, FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. unveiled the FDR Visionary Suite*, a next generation Automatic Positioning Digital Radiographic X-ray Room System. The new flagship system was designed to optimize imaging workflow while improving diagnostic capabilities. A flexible fully automated positioning digital radiographic room system allows technologists to focus on what matters most--the patient--positioning, safety, and
Read More
CPSI to Acquire Rural EHR Provider Healthland for $250M
Mobile, AL-based CPSI, a provider of healthcare information solutions to rural and community hospitals, today announced it will acquire Healthland for $250 million, payable approximately 65% in cash and 35% in CPSI common stock. Under terms of the acquisition, CPSI will also acquire Healthland's affiliates, Healthland Inc., American HealthTech, Inc. and Rycan Technologies, Inc.
The acquisition will further strengthen CPSI’s position in providing healthcare information systems to community
Read More
Pfizer Acquires Allergan for $160B, Biggest Merger in 15 Years
On Monday, drug maker giant Pfizer Inc. announced it would acquire Botox maker Allergan Pic for $160 billion that would create the world's largest drugmaker. The combined company will be known as Pfizer Plc and move its headquarters to Ireland led by current Pfizer CEO Ian Read. With the addition of Botox to its portfolio, Pfizer expects the deal to greatly enhance its branded products business.
The announcement marks the biggest merger in 15 years and has receive heavy criticism from Hilary
Read More
5 Hospital Considerations for Implementing an E-Prescribing Solution
Editor’s Note: D’Arcy Gue is one of the co-founders of Phoenix Health Systems, a healthcare IT consulting and outsourcing firm. In April 2015, Phoenix welcomed a merger with Medsphere Systems Corporation and now serves as the vice president of industry relations for Phoenix Health Systems, the health IT services division of Medsphere.
On the face of it, the use of computers to order prescriptions seems like a no-brainer. Who, after all, is capable of reading a physician’s handwriting?
But
Read More
Hospital Cyber-Attacks Could Be Mitigated through Higher Education
Editor's Note: J.A. Eve Krahe, Ph.D. is the dean of graduate programs for University of Phoenix School of Health Services Administration. Prior to joining University of Phoenix, she served as the director of health care innovation programs at Arizona State University.
In his comments to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in September 2015, Brian Dishman of Intel Corporation described the “constellation” of health data that surrounds each of us. From diagnostic,
Read More
KLAS Report Finds Cerner, InterSystems Top Global EMR Vendors
A new KLAS report finds EMR vendors Cerner and InterSystems as the top-performing fully rated global multiregional vendors. Provider surveys and commentary show that Cerner performs very well in Europe and the Middle East, while InterSystems performs well in Asia/Oceania and the Middle East. The report also finds Allscripts had the highest score in the Europe market.
The report, "Global EMR Performance 2015" highlights vendor performance by region, shows that Epic performs best in
Read More
Medable Taps Rackspace to Deliver Secure Healthcare APIs for Developers
Medable, an application and analytics platform for healthcare, is utilizing a hybrid cloud environment with Rackspace Public Cloud and Private Cloud to help deliver a secure API for health IT app developers. The Palo Alto-based digital health startup has developed an end-to-end platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution for developers to create medical-grade, HIPAA compliant apps. Device companies use the platform to deliver device data to doctors and patients for immediate care. Additionally,
Read More
5 Key Roadblocks to Data-Driven Healthcare
This post is sponsored by SyTrue
We know that healthcare organizations face growing volumes of data, and better data helps improve patient care. But with 5 million medical notes created daily, this means nearly 2 billion notes annually – a sea of data.
Add in data from wearables and mobile health apps (165,000 already**), and it’s clear that the data collected per patient is enormous. In this complex electronic information environment lies the key to improving healthcare for providers and
Read More
