McKesson Corp. and Change Healthcare Holdings Inc., provider of software and analytics, network solutions and technology-enabled services, (CHC) recently announced the completion of their previously announced agreement to create a new healthcare information technology company. The new company is named Change Healthcare and combines substantially all of CHC’s business and the majority of McKesson Technology Solutions (MTS).

cybersecurity

Healthcare is an appealing target for cybercriminals. Last year cyberattacks led to the loss of 13 million patient records, according to Symantec Corp., a company focused on addressing cyberthreats. 

An extensive study by University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers found significant variation in treatment strategies for people with three or more brain metastases. The study is bringing light to the need for further research to guide physicians’ decision making.

MIPS, MACRA, radiology payment reform, preparing for MIPS, healthcare reforrm

To understand the issues facing radiologists, it is important to identify the changes over the past decade that have transformed how radiologists are being reimbursed and the impact this has had on their jobs. Significant declines in reimbursements followed by rapidly changing payment models and interoperability initiatives are all coming to a head under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS); one of two value-based reimbursement models under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). 

RamSoft its 100 percent web-based PowerServer Cloud PACS (picture archiving and communication system) at the 2017 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference and Exhibition (HIMSS 2017), Feb. 19-23 in Orlando, Fla.

According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the global picture archiving and communication system (PACS) market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of close to 6 percent through 2021.

Information technology (IT) is among the least sexy areas to cover in medical technology advances, and is often difficult to find really interesting news as I sift through more than 1,300 vendors at the massive annual Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference. However, at this year’s conference I found two exciting new technologies that I feel have the potential to become paradigm shifts in medicine. The first is the integration of artificial intelligence into medical imaging IT systems.

At the 2017 European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Philips unveiled its newest computed tomography (CT) solution, the Access CT. Access CT is specifically designed for healthcare organizations seeking to establish or enhance CT imaging capabilities at an accessible cost for a high return in value. The system provides consistent image quality across a diverse patient population and a wide range of exam types, enabling healthcare organizations to expand care capabilities to treat more patients.

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