Navigating your first MRI: tips and insights
MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, is a commonly used form of imaging to help diagnose conditions that might not be visible in an X-ray. The MRI scanner is a large cylindrical tube-shaped machine that creates a strong magnetic force and radio waves to capture images of the interior areas of the human body. Out of
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Navigating your first MRI: tips and insights originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 26, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Michele Luckenbaugh Tags: Conditions Radiology Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – November 25, 2023
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Looking at the Latest in Real-Time Clinical Note Generation. John Lynn spoke to Dr. Noah Crampton at Mutuo Health Solutions about the importance of integrating the consent process into the user experience for ambient clinical voice, along with the company’s larger focus on privacy and data governance. Read more…
Deriving More Value from Autom...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Covera Health Announces Up to $50M in Additional Series C Funding to Redefine the Role of Radiology Nationwide
Company Expands Industry’s Most Sophisticated AI-Enabled Radiology Performance Platform with Acquisition of CoRead
Covera Health, the leading AI-enabled diagnostic technology company focused on radiology performance measurement and impact, today announced up to $50 million in additional Series C funding led by Insight Partners, of which $25 million is committed today. The company also finalized the acquisition of CoRead, a leading AI quality assurance company currently being used by more than 2,000 hospital sites nationwide. CoRead stands at the forefront of generative AI focused on performance improvement in r...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Aaron Friedkin CoRead Covera Health Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Insight Partners Jeff Horing Lawrence Ngo Ron Vianu Source Type: blogs
Redrick Technologies: Innovating Radiology Workstations with User-Centric Design
Healthcare IT Today recently visited Redrick Technologies in London, Ontario, to explore their cutting-edge radiology workstations. Redrick’s unique approach involves constantly listening to and incorporating customer feedback. The company is a shining example of user-centric design. Their many happy customers are proof that this is not only helps them stand out in a competitive market, but also ensures they remain ahead of their competitors in terms of product design.
Healthcare IT Today first profiled Redrick after seeing their workstations at RSNA22. A video of their workstation is available here on our YouTube ch...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops customer feedback ergonomic workstations Greg Patrick Healthcare Ergonomics Josh Patrick Radiologists Radiology Radiology Ergonomics radiology w Source Type: blogs
Brain imaging AI start-up Neurophet raises $15M to better direct Alzheimer ’s treatments, lower ARIA side-effects
Korean AI startups Allganize, Neurophet raise over $35 mn (The Korea Economic Daily):
Founded in 2016, the company plans to next year roll out its new AI analysis program that can detect side effects of Alzheimer’s disease treatments with a microhemorrhage diagnosis.
The Korean AI startup is famous for its flagship AI analysis technologies, Neurophet AQUA, which is a brain MRI analysis technology, and Neurophet SCALE PET, an AI-based positron emission tomography (PET) image analysis program.
It plans to go public in Korea next year, said Neurophet CEO Bin Joon-gil, adding that it is currently working with its underwriter...
Source: SharpBrains - November 9, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation Alzheimer’s disease treatments Alzheimers-disease anti-amyloid antibody treatments brain image analysis donanemab lecanemab microhemorrhage diagnosis Neurophet positron emission tomography Source Type: blogs
ChatGPT in Medical Librarianship: Update
Conclusion
The partnership between ChatGPT and medical libraries is poised to reshape the healthcare landscape. By harnessing the power of AI-driven language models, healthcare professionals, researchers, and patients can access, interpret, and utilize medical knowledge more efficiently and effectively than ever before. As this collaboration continues to evolve, we can anticipate even more innovative applications that will elevate the quality and inclusivity of healthcare services globally.
(2nd try snippet of ChatGPT… links work but don’t add value IMHO)
Conclusion
The integration of ChatGPT with m...
Source: The Krafty Librarian - November 1, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: KraftyLibrarian Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
My breast cancer journey: Why mammograms matter
25 years ago, at the age of 42, I had my first mammogram, which was part of my routine checkup. I had no symptoms at the time. I was devastated when the radiologist discovered a shadow in my left breast. To confirm this, a biopsy was scheduled, and indeed, the biopsy confirmed that I had
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My breast cancer journey: Why mammograms matter originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 24, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Debbie Moore-Black, RN Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Shear-Thinning Biomaterial for Embolic Applications: Interview with Upma Sharma, President and CEO of Arsenal Medical
Arsenal Medical, a medtech company based in Massachusetts, has developed Neocast, an embolic biomaterial designed for catheter-mediated embolization procedures. Conventional materials for embolization can have several limitations, including a lack of radiopacity, catheter clogging, catheter entrapment at the delivery site, solvent-mediated pain at the delivery site, and they can even cause sparking of electrocautery tools.
Neocast is solvent-free, avoiding delivery site pain, and functions with a unique shear-thinning action that allows deep vessel penetration. The material flows with the blood to embolize distal vessel...
Source: Medgadget - October 17, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Exclusive Materials Neurosurgery Radiology Vascular Surgery ArsenalMedical embolization Source Type: blogs
Why Generative AI in Healthcare Requires a Focus on Caregivers and Patients
The following is a guest article by Tina Manoharan, Global Lead of Data Science & AI at Philips
“Don’t overwhelm me with more data. Help me get more value out of the data I already have.”
This feedback from a physician has stuck with me ever since I gave one of my first public presentations on the opportunities of AI and big data in healthcare, many years ago. Today, with the groundswell of interest in generative AI, it’s a message that seems more pertinent than ever.
Much has already been written about how generative AI can boost healthcare innovation, in times when healthcare professionals are under more ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT AI Integration Clinical Workflow Generative AI People Centered Approach Philips Tina Manoharan Source Type: blogs
The Evolution Of Clinical Documentation: From Paper To AI
Documentation is an essential heartbeat of clinical care. Like an EKG tracing illustrating the rhythm and health of a heart, clinical documentation captures the intricate narrative of a patient’s health journey. However crucial, documenting clinical care is a cumbersome task, contributing significantly to the burnout of healthcare professionals.
As we are witnessing global shortages in the numbers of medical professionals, streamlining and/or automating unpopular documentation tasks seems a very logical next step. It doesn’t really require the qualification of a trained nurse or doctor, so it is a great wa...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 12, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Healthcare Design clinical documentation AI in clinical documentation Source Type: blogs
To Drive Value, EHRs Need to Actually be Usable
The following is a guest article by Khalid Al-Maskari, Founder and CEO of Health Information Management Systems (HiMS)
EHRs are ubiquitous because they’re useful – but how useful are they really, and to whom?
The truth is that an EHR by definition serves multiple masters, satisfying some more than others. For many clinicians, EHRs have actually been a disservice, a major factor in burnout. That’s because they weren’t invented to help clinicians in the first place.
“Many EHR products were designed with billing, payer requirements, and meaningful use criteria in mind rather than clinician use, resulting in a user e...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT EHR UI EHR Usability Health Information Management Systems Hims Khalid Al-Maskari Patient Care Patient-Provider Relationship Value Based Care Source Type: blogs
Briya Raises $11.5M Series A, Accelerates U.S. Rollout of Blockchain-Secured Data Exchange Platform to Enhance Collaboration Between Hospitals and Life Sciences
Briya Enables Hospitals to Increase Revenue While Research Organizations Capitalize on Most Comprehensive Anonymized Data to Develop and Implement Patient Treatments
Briya, an end-to-end healthcare data exchange platform, today announced the completion of an $11.5 million Series A round of financing, bringing the company’s total funding to $17 million. The round was led by Team8, includes existing investors Insight Partners and Amiti Ventures, and is joined by the George Kaiser Family Foundation.
The funding will support Briya’s mission to transform how data is exchanged between healthcare organizations and life sc...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Amiti Ventures Berlin Institute of Health BIH Briya Charité Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin David Lazerson Dr. Jawed Nawabi George Kaiser Family Foundation Health IT Funding Health IT Fundi Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – September 30, 2023
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Streamlining Enterprise Network Management and Monitoring. Network infrastructure can be difficult to manage across multiple sites. Healthcare IT Today received a demo from Rajat Mukherji at Spectrum Enterprise on how to monitor network traffic in the hospital and at home – including temperature and humidity sensors in key locations. Read more̷...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 30, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Having Tackled Workflows and Image Enhancement, Generative AI Targets Diagnostics
The following is a guest article by Morris Panner, President at Intelerad Medical Systems
By 2034, the U.S. could face a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians due, in part, to burnout. In the medical imaging field, specifically, this challenge isn’t exactly new – but the technology that could help remedy the problem is. The usage of this potential solution in the imaging space has been delayed due to the perception it’s a bit of a rule-breaker.
A fairly recent arrival to radiology, Generative AI has emerged as a powerful resource, showing promise in a variety of tasks, from supporting streamlined workflows to syntheti...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Clinical Workflow Generative AI Intelerad Medical Systems Medical Images Morris Panner Physician Burnout Physician Shortage Radiolog Source Type: blogs
AI is living up to its promise as a tool for radiology
For the last few years, artificial intelligence (AI) has been proving itself as an effective tool in breast cancer screening. An ever-growing list of research studies has shown that using AI in mammography can safely and efficiently reduce patient wait times while reducing the pressure on in-demand radiologists. This is significant, as early detection greatly
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AI is living up to its promise as a tool for radiology originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Tags: Tech Radiology Source Type: blogs
