November 21, 2019 – A new solution from Intelerad Medical Systems boosts the efficiency and productivity of the radiology reading enterprise by intelligently managing the reading workflow. Concierge Workflow diverts non-productive, non-clinical tasks from the radiologist worklist, identifying those duties and allocating them to a separate worklist for ancillary clinical and clerical staff to execute.

November 21, 2019 — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the new Somatom X.cite premium single-source computed tomography (CT) scanner from Siemens Healthineers together with the new myExam Companion intelligent user interface concept.

November 21, 2019 — Eizo Inc. announced the release of the RadiForce RX1270, a 30.9-inch, super-high-resolution 12-megapixel color monitor ideal for multi-modality medical applications.

 

 

Pressed to do more, some radiologists are burning out. And the problem may be getting worse.

In 2011, about half of radiologists reported being burned out, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR). Three years later that rate had jumped even higher to about 60 percent, according to the ACR.

November 19, 2019 — Infinitt North America will be highlighting a next generation, artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered picture archiving and communication system (PACS) viewer at RSNA 2019. The annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) will convene at McCormick Place in Chicago Dec. 1-5, 2019.

Through its structure and scalability, the cloud makes data usable, even when there are volumes of it. A modern form of artificial intelligence (AI), exemplified by deep learning (DL) algorithms, crunches this data so people can make sense of it.

November 18, 2019 — Baystate Health, the premier integrated health system serving more than 800,000 patients in western New England, announced a strategic partnership with Life Image, the largest medical evidence network providing access to points of care and curated clinical and imaging data, to develop novel artificial intelligence tools that would help advance technical innovations in radiology, neurology and oncology.

November 18, 2019 — Visage Imaging, Inc. (Visage), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Ltd. (ASX: PME), has announced Visage will be exhibiting under the theme of "Platform for the Future—Powered by Speed," highlighted by the demonstration of the Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform, at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2019 annual meeting (Visage Booth 7524, McCormick Place-North Hall), Dec. 1-5, in Chicago, Ill.

November 18, 2019 — A study by the Centre for Advanced Research in Imaging, Neuroscience and Genomics (CARING) found that AI powered CAD software can reduce hedging and defensive reporting statements in radiologist reports, resulting in clearer and more actionable diagnosis descriptions. The study was undertaken using Oxipit ChestEye AI imaging suite.

November 18, 2019 — A recent report by security firm Emsisoft stated that at least 621 government entities, healthcare service providers and school districts, colleges and universities in the United States were affected by ransomware in the first nine months of 2019. Another IBM study reported that data breaches cost the healthcare sector $6.5 million on average. Despite these alarming numbers, many healthcare providers still choose to risk their patient data on-premise.

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