How the HL7 and IHE healthcare interoperability standards foster digital coordination among healthcare professionals Key Takeaways: Sharing medical images and other patient data can be challenging due to a lack of standardization among healthcare information systems. Health Level 7 (HL7) and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) have created standards to promote information sharing…
Machine learning has emerged as a powerful tool in fields as diverse as cybersecurity and chess programming in order to automate redundant tasks or discern patterns quickly. The utility of machine learning tech is that it gets better over time with very little human input. As a result, humans shift their energy and attention to…
21st-century medicine depends on imaging solutions for proper diagnosis and care of patients, here’s how to make sure your imaging workflow is easy and efficient. Key Takeaways Medical imaging plays a more prominent role than ever in the patient’s diagnostic and treatment process. Addressing medical imaging workflow challenges is well worth the effort…
Remote technology has been around for years, but “hands-on” industries like medicine have been slow to implement it. COVID-19 changed all of that — possibly for good. Emerging imaging technologies make it easier than ever to acquire and share medical information. Medical professionals can even use the patients’ smartphones to help diagnose and treat…
Automation has taken hold in most businesses across most industries, but healthcare lags in applying this technology to simplify processes, reduce costs, and improve operational efficiencies. Automation has been in widespread use in finance and manufacturing for years, but most healthcare businesses have only recently embraced these technologies. A few large healthcare facilities and…
The Connecticut based biotech company, DICOM Director, hosted a webinar on January 26th, 2021. During the webinar, Dr. Everett and Dr. Pearlstone discussed how to move away from DVDs and sending them through the mail which will save you and your staff time and money. The main target audience for this webinar is Radiologists, MRI, CT Scan…
It’s very likely that some of your most sensitive information is vulnerable, out there just for the taking. “How is that possible?” You may ask. “I have 2-factor authentication configured on all of my social and business accounts!”. Indeed, the information you manage may be secure, but what about sensitive information pertaining to you, but…
The main instruments used in Pathology have always been a microscope and glass slides holding tissue samples. The innovation of Digital Pathology, scanning slides to create digital images for viewing, is now poised to change the field of Pathology as we know it. The evolution of both hardware and software enabling whole slide imaging…
Unwelcome Guests The frequency, potency, and sophistication of cybersecurity threats continue to surge. Any business which employs digital technology, which is to say all businesses, is vulnerable to the attacks of an assortment of rogue digital adversaries, from individual “hackers” (a misnomer we will confront and clear up) to networks of dissident programmers bound…
Medical imaging is critical for the detection and evaluation of cancer and other diseases. Routine screenings can reveal cancers or other afflictions, even when they not directly tested for. Using imaging, Radiologists must be able to assess disease path overtime to supply the best patient care. Radiology and imaging have made leaps into the future by implementing groundbreaking methods of capturing images. Yet, throughout all this innovation, the actual scan transfer of patient…