Imaging
Connected Health
Four imaging technology experts offer healthcare CIOs and other executives and health IT workers advice for bringing new imaging tech online.
The radiology provider says up to 5,400 authorizations could be required per day. Automation of the process, while maintaining a human touch, has brought many efficiencies.
Organizations aim to advance the radiology community’s use of existing and emerging technologies.
AI-LAB is a vendor neutral framework radiologists can use to learn about artificial intelligence and develop models for the tech.
And in another AI collaboration announced this week, Siemens Healthineers is partnering with Intel to explore how machine learning can improve cardiac MRI diagnostics.
With some French hospitals now pondering a move to their next generation of PACS, vendors are stepping up their market ambitions.
Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) and Siemens Healthineers have partnered in a venture to expand oncology services available in the Northern Territory, providing the hospital with an advanced PET CT scanner that offers patients the capability to scan faster using lower doses of radiation and personalises scans to a patient’s specific medical condition.
The imaging technology, which integrates with many other systems, enables more efficient same-day care, streamlined screen real estate and exam open speed improvements.
The machine learning algorithm can also help with screening for diabetic macular edema, a boon for patients in a country where physicians are in short supply.
A new report sees hospitals and diagnostic labs becoming the biggest adopters of digital pathology tools – and says vendors can boost their chances of approval and commercialization by staying focused on cost optimization for clinicians.