News | Breast Density | Jeff Zagoudis, Associate Editor
As part of a federal spending bill passed late Friday, Congress directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish a national minimum standard for including fibroglandular breast density information on mammography reports. While 36 states have already enacted their own breast density inform legislation, the federal version will ensure that every state takes a minimum level of action on making patients aware of the increased breast cancer risk associated with dense breasts.
February 19, 2019 
News | Interventional Radiology
February 18, 2019 — Mirada Medical Ltd announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for ...
February 18, 2019 
Gallery | HIMSS | Dave Fornell, Editor
Below are photos from the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) 2019 meeting Feb. 11-16 in ...
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Videos | Radiology Business
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
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Technology | Mobile C-Arms
Philips announced the launch of Philips Zenition, its new mobile C-arm imaging platform. Mobile C-arms are X-ray systems that are brought into the operating room (OR) to provide live image guidance during a wide range of surgeries including orthopedic, trauma and vascular procedures. The Zenition mobile C-arm platform brings together innovations in image capture, image processing, ease-of-use and versatility pioneered on Philips’ Azurion platform. Zenition allows hospitals to maximize OR performance, enhance their clinical capabilities and offer their staff a high-quality user experience. Zenition will be introduced in the U.S., Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the first half of 2019, and will subsequently be rolled out in further markets.
February 18, 2019 
News | Artificial Intelligence
Amazon recently announced Amazon Comprehend Medical, a new HIPAA-eligible machine learning service that allows developers to process unstructured medical text and identify information such as patient diagnosis, treatments, dosages, symptoms and signs, and more. Comprehend Medical helps improve clinical decision support, streamline revenue cycle and clinical trials management, and better address data privacy and protected health information (PHI) requirements.
February 15, 2019 
Videos | Radiation Therapy
ITN Associate Editor Jeff Zagoudis speaks with Vinai Gondi, M.D., director of research and CNS neuro-oncology at the ...
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Feature | Breast Imaging
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
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News | Radiation Therapy
University of Minnesota Health (M Health) is the first in the United States to begin offering GammaTile Therapy, a new approach to treating recurrent brain tumors. GammaTile Therapy is a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared, surgically targeted radiation therapy (STaRT) manufactured by GT Medical Technologies that is designed to delay tumor regrowth for patients with brain tumors.
February 15, 2019 
News | Enterprise Imaging
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. and Fujifilm SonoSite Inc. showcased their enterprise imaging and informatics solutions at the 2019 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) global conference and exhibition, Feb. 11-15 in Orlando, Fla. Fujifilm's comprehensive Synapse Enterprise Imaging portfolio was available for demonstration in their booth. New this year, SonoSite Synchronicity, Fujifilm's informatics workflow solution designed specifically for point-of-care ultrasound, was also on display. In addition, Fujifilm featured an area within its booth dedicated specifically to its latest advancements in artificial intelligence (AI).
February 15, 2019 
Blog | Enterprise Imaging
The value companies place on collaboration was palpable on the floor of the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information ...
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Videos | Radiology Business
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
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News | Artificial Intelligence
IBM Watson Health announced plans to make a 10-year, $50 million investment in research collaborations with two separate academic centers - Brigham and Women's Hospital, which is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center - to advance the science of artificial intelligence (AI) and its application to major public health issues.
February 14, 2019 
Technology | Medical 3-D Printing
Smart technology company Synopsys recently announced the release of the Synopsys Simpleware ScanIP Medical edition for 3-D printing and visualization. This new version of Simpleware ScanIP comes with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance, and CE and ISO 13485:2016 certification as a medical device.
February 14, 2019 
Technology | Virtual and Augmented Reality
Medical imaging and visualization company Medivis officially unveiled SurgicalAR, its augmented reality (AR) technology platform for surgical applications, at the 2019 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting, Feb. 11-15 in Orlando, Fla.
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Case Study | PACS
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News | Breast Density
Breast imaging analytics company Densitas Inc. announced a new collaboration partnership with TeleMammography Specialists of Decatur, Ga. TeleMammography Specialists will be the first U.S. beta user for the new densitasquality solution from Densitas, which will be used to improve the communications and information sharing needed to meet EQUIP (Enhancing Quality Using the Inspection Program) guidelines. TeleMammography Specialists will also implement the recently released densitasdensity automated breast density assessment software.
February 14, 2019 
News | Information Technology
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a new rule to support seamless and secure access, exchange and use of electronic health information (EHI).
February 14, 2019 
Blog | Information Technology
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February 14, 2019 
News | Artificial Intelligence
February 13, 2019 — At the 2019 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) global conference and ...
February 13, 2019 
News | PACS Accessories
PaxeraHealth will launch the PaxeraShare image sharing platform at the 2019 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) annual meeting, Feb. 27-March 3 in Vienna, Austria.
February 13, 2019 
News | Artificial Intelligence
Digital technology company NVIDIA will highlight its newest partnerships to advance the digital transformation of healthcare, and the importance of data centers in those efforts, at the 2019 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference and exhibition, Feb. 11-15 in Orlando, Fla.
February 13, 2019 
Feature | Information Technology | By Greg Freiherr
The same virtual reality (VR) reconstructions that surgeons use to plan and rehearse brain surgeries at Hoag Memorial ...
February 13, 2019 
Technology | Cardiac PACS
Philips announced the launch of IntelliSpace Cardiovascular 4.1, its next-generation cardiovascular image and information management system. The latest version builds on the existing pediatric reporting capabilities, recognizing the important and unique nature of the pediatric environment. Clinicians can now complete their workflows more efficiently in a web browser, while integration with Philips Forcare enables the sharing of patient data between health systems and hospitals. New features also include enhanced security, enterprise protocols and seamless access to Philips' QLab and Tomtec software tools.
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