Intelerad Medical Systems came to the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) with a “big idea” for re-engineering IT enterprise imaging.

Cambridge Consultants has partnered with Exact Imaging, makers of the ExactVu micro-ultrasound platform, as the two companies work to improve the way prostate cancer is visualized and detected. Cambridge Consultants is applying deep learning to high-resolution micro-ultrasound imaging to identify potential suspicious regions of tissue and inform urologists who may want to consider this additional data in their biopsy protocol. Early results show real promise, according to the companies.

Information technology (IT) services provider Atos announced the launch of its first comprehensive cybersecurity solution for today's healthcare market. The full offering extends from security consulting services to now including managed security services, cloud security and identity management, increasing security at all levels of patient care.

Networked medical devices at a health care provider and their vulnerability to cyber attack, as seen in a screenshot of a display created by the Medigate platform

Cybersecurity is being defined by a kind of arms race.

On one side are the hackers with malware, some off the shelf, some custom made to create chaos in healthcare. On the other are cybersecurity defenders that try to keep malware at bay with shields and intrusion detectors.

Mount Sinai Hospital recently launched the Mount Sinai Mobile Mammography Program (MMP), bringing essential breast cancer detection services and education to women in New York City. It is the only van equipped with digital breast tomosynthesis – high-quality, state-of-the-art, digital 3D mammography technology — serving women in all five boroughs.

In the patient-centric world of radiation oncology, it is critical that computed tomography (CT) simulation is accessible, repeatable and flexible. To build on these values, Canon Medical Systems USA Inc. is now expanding its offerings for CT simulation in radiation oncology to include the Aquilion Prime SP and Aquilion Lightning 80 premium CT systems. In addition to the Aquilion LB, the Aquilion Prime SP and Aquilion Lightning 80 now include radiation therapy (RT) options that provide high-quality CT imaging and precision tools for oncology planning.

The American College of Cardiology (ACC), along with nine other cardiology professional societies, recently published a new guidance document for appropriate use criteria (AUC) for multimodality imaging in the assessment of cardiac structure and function in nonvalvular heart disease. The guidance was published online Jan. 7 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

The Bitfury Group and Longenesis announced a partnership with Medical Diagnostics Web (MDW) to bring new implementations in blockchain technology to MDW’s growing radiology marketplace.

Standards-based interoperability is the key to the use of components critically important to Vital Images’ vision of enterprise imaging
Greg Freiherr

Vital Images has reconciled its vision of the distant future with near term reality. The company has come up with an elegant plan for linking a future with artificial intelligence applications that demand data transfer 24/7 to the means for capturing revenues from exams that might not otherwise be billed out. The two represent different realms of enterprise imaging. The linchpin connecting them is standards-based interoperability.

The 2019 Best in KLAS Awards: Software and Services report, published Jan. 31, 2019, ranks healthcare IT software and services vendors across numerous market segments based on interviews with healthcare providers.

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