Information Technology

This channel includes information technology (IT) news and new technology innovations for healthcare information technology (HIT) as it relates to electronic medical records, clinical decision support, advanced imaging visualization, analytics software, cybersecurity, archive and storage, artificial intelligence, enterprise imaging, flat panel displays, imaging software, picture archive and communication systems (PACS), remote viewing, teleradiology and vendor neutral archives (VNA).

Aquilion Exceed LB CT System offers industry’s largest bore and widest field-of-view
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
Canon Medical’s AI-Powered, Premium Large Bore CT Receives FDA Clearance

Janaury 25, 2021 —Canon Medical Systems USA, Inc. has received FDA clearance for the Aquilion Exceed LB CT system ...

Time January 25, 2021
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CNN reported that more than 9 million Americans have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, yet more than 27 million doses have been distributed as of Jan. 13, according to the CDC. Also on Jan. 13, the Trump administration reversed course on its vaccine policy, and instructed states to begin vaccinating all Americans 65 and older, and release the second doses in reserve to make the vaccine more widely administered.
Blog | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
We are at the Sunrise of 2021

We now are in our third week of the New Year, and our tenth month of social distancing and following various state ...

Time January 21, 2021
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For years telehealth has danced at the edges of healthcare
Feature | Teleradiology | By Jef Williams
Just Consider the Possibilities

All indications point to 2021 being the year of the return path of this boomerang event that sent us all in a different ...

Time January 21, 2021
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The key trends Clinicians reviewing a COVID-19 patient's lung CT that reveals the severity of COVID-caused pneumonia. The impact of COVID on radiology was a major, over arching trend at  the 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting. Getty Imagesbserved at 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting all focused around COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and the impact it has had on radiology. #RSNA #RSNA20 #RSNA2020
Feature | RSNA | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane and Dave Fornell
Top Trend Takeaways in Radiology From RSNA 2020

The key trends observed at 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting all focused around COVID-19 (SARS ...

Time January 20, 2021
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An interview with Eric Liederman, M.D., MPH, Director of Medical Informatics for The Permanente Medical Group, in Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California Region, on the explosion of telemedicine in the COVID-19 era
Feature | Radiology Business | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Is Telehealth the New Normal?

I recently had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Eric Liederman, M.D., MPH, Director of Medical Informatics for ...

Time January 20, 2021
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Vendor neutral archives enable a single, central location to store large volumes of radiology data, but now need to be able to house data from dozens of other departments with a wide array of data formats. This article originally ran as an introduction to the Vendor Neutral Archives comparison chart.
Feature | Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) | By Dave Fornell
10 Questions to Ask Healthcare VNA Vendors When Purchasing a System

Most radiologists and clinicians are not trained as information technology (IT) programmers or administrators, so here ...

Time January 20, 2021
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new study published on European Radiology evaluates the image quality of low iodine concentration, dual-energy CT (DECT) combined with a deep learning–based denoising technique with ClariCT.AI for pediatric abdominal CT, compared with that of standard iodine concentration single-energy polychromatic CT (SECT).
News | Artificial Intelligence
New Study Shows Value of Low-concentration Iodine When Paired with Dual-Energy CT and DL Technique

January 19, 2021 — Radiation exposure and side effects related to iodine contrast agents are the two main concerns of ...

Time January 19, 2021
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To further these efforts, Konica Minolta has partnered with 1QBit, an advanced and quantum computing software company with a strong focus on AI, based in Canada.
Sponsored Content | Blog | Artificial Intelligence
BLOG: Artificial Intelligence for Clinical Decision Support and Increased Revenues

The landscape at the Radiological Society of North America’s 2020 (RSNA20) conference was different for everyone this ...

Time January 18, 2021
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AI Metrics, LLC, a medical imaging startup focused on augmented intelligence to improve patient care, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the company’s flagship image analysis platform.
News | Artificial Intelligence
AI Metrics Receives FDA Clearance For Imaging Software

January 18, 2021 — AI Metrics, LLC, a medical imaging startup focused on augmented intelligence to improve patient care ...

Time January 18, 2021
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Use of telehealth jumped sharply during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, with the approach being used more often for behavioral health services than for medical care, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
News | Teleradiology
Use of Telehealth Jumped as Pandemic Shutdown Began

January 13, 2021 — Use of telehealth jumped sharply during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, with ...

Time January 13, 2021
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This cutting-edge technology assists radiologists in the interpretation of screening mammograms and allows them to diagnose breast cancer earlier and more accurately
News | Mammography
Therapixel receives CE mark for AI-based software MammoScreen

January 12, 2021 — Therapixel announced that MammoScreen has successfully obtained the CE mark. After having received ...

Time January 12, 2021
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released the agency's first Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Action Plan. This action plan describes a multi-pronged approach to advance the Agency's oversight of AI/ML-based medical software.
News | Artificial Intelligence
FDA Releases AI/Machine Learning Action Plan

January 12, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released the agency's first Artificial Intelligence/Machine ...

Time January 12, 2021
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The FDA is monitoring the potential impact of viral mutations, including an emerging variant from the United Kingdom known as the B.1.1.7 variant, on authorized SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
FDA Issues Alert Regarding SARS-CoV-2 Viral Mutation to Healthcare Providers

January 8, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting clinical laboratory staff and healthcare providers ...

Time January 08, 2021
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Ultromics will offer its artificial intelligence driven EchoGo Pro as a stress-echo module in the EchoGo suite alongside EchoGo Core, its AI solution for automated systolic function and strain analysis. The EchoGo suite is a cloud-based service that uses artificial intelligence to fully automate the pathway to diagnosis, providing near-instant reports for clinicians without any need for physical software on site. #AI #AIhealthcare #AIecho
News | Artificial Intelligence
FDA Clears Ultromics Echocardiography AI for Auto Identification of Coronary Artery Disease

January 6, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Ultromics' EchoGo Pro, an artificial ...

Time January 06, 2021
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OptumInsight and Change Healthcare combine to advance a more modern, information and technology-enabled healthcare platform
News | Information Technology
Optum Set to Purchase Change Healthcare

January 6, 2020 — Optum, a diversified health services company and part of UnitedHealth Group, and Change Healthcare, a ...

Time January 06, 2021
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#coronavirus #COVID19 #pandemic
News | Radiology Imaging
A Happy and Healthy New Year from the ITN Team

The Imaging Technology News (ITN) team wishes you a Happy and Healthy New Year! Despite its challenges, 2020 brought us ...

Time January 01, 2021
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After “COVID-19,” the term that most people will remember best from 2020 is likely to be “social distancing.” While it most commonly applied to social gatherings with family and friends, it has impacted the way many receive medical care. Historically, the United States has been relatively slow to broadly adopt telemedicine, largely emphasizing in-person visits.
News | Teleradiology
Significant Disparities in Telemedicine Use, Especially Among Older and Non-white Patients

December 31, 2020 — After “COVID-19,” the term that most people will remember best from 2020 is likely to be “social ...

Time December 31, 2020
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Volpara Health announced two new research studies using AI-powered software to score breast density objectively and consistently to evaluate its impact in mammography and breast cancer risk assessment.
News | Breast Density
Volpara Health's AI-powered Breast Density Software Central to New Breast Density Studies

December 30, 2020 — Volpara Health announced two new research studies using AI-powered software to score breast density ...

Time December 30, 2020
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The top two videos on ITN for the year both involved medical imaging of COVID using point of care ultrasound (POCUS) and mass movement to teleradiology to enable remote working for radiologists and virtual collaboration with referring physicians. The image on the left is Butterfly's POCUS system that turns a smart phone into an ultrasound machine and the image is of COVID B-lines in the lung. The image on the right is a CT scan of COVID pneumonia. #COVID19
Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor
Top 25 Videos For Radiology and Radiation Oncology on ITN in 2020

Here are the top 25 best performing videos on the Imaging Technology News website (ITN) from the past year, based on ...

Time December 23, 2020
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Company delivers on last year’s roadmap milestones and continues to advance cloud-native suite of tools to lead industry to the future of enterprise imaging
News | Enterprise Imaging
Change Healthcare Takes Enterprise Imaging to the Cloud

December 23, 2020 — Change Healthcare announced the successful introduction of its first cloud-based medical tools for ...

Time December 23, 2020
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