Employing new photonics technology, European scientists are developing a new augmented reality surgical visor in a bid to improve accuracy of interventions. The visor shows anesthetic and medical data while superimposing a patient’s X-ray in perfect unison with their body, meaning surgeons never have to look away during an operation and surgery times are reduced by over 20 minutes for every three hours.

ON Semiconductor announced the release of a new CCD image sensor that enables video imaging under reduced X-ray dosage conditions for digital radiography.

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.

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