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This channel includes news and new technology innovations for healthcare information technology (HIT) as it relates to cardiology reporting systems, cardiac PACS, electronic medical records, electronic health records, EMRs, EHRs, radiology PACS integration, clinical decision support, advaned imaging visualization, analytics software and cybersecurity.

Cardiovascular information systems (CVIS) allow storage of in-office echocardiograms, aids report generation and reading echos for several hospitals. Hitachi’s VidiStar CVIS.
Feature | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

The ability of a cardiologist to work remotely can save lives. By leveraging the advantages of a cloud-based cardiovascu ...

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8 Essential Steps for a Successful cardiovascular information system (CVIS) or PACS Implementation. Getty Images
Feature | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS) | By Jef Williams

You have selected a vendor for your new cardiovascular information system (CVIS) or PACS. Congratulations. Most likely ...

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Washington Health System (WHS) provides healthcare services at more than 40 offsite locations across three counties in ...

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March 23, 2021 — Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, have published the first-of-its-kind ...

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

March 3, 2021 — AliveCor recently announced a new collaboration with AstraZeneca to research new disease management ...

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February 18, 2021 – Enterprise imaging systems provider Intelerad Medical Systems announced it has acquired Lumedx, a ...

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Two examples of hand-held, point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS) being used to get immediate medical imaging information from patients in underserved areas. Left, a Butterfly Network system using an probe and an app turns a smartphone into an ultrasound system to image a patient at a remote African clinic. Right, a GE vScan being used to image patients in a rural community in Indian as part of an American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) outreach program.
Feature | Health Disparities | By Dave Fornell, Editor

There is a lot of talk about health disparities between the insured vs. uninsured, low-income vs. higher-income, rural ...

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News | EP Lab

February 2, 2021 – Optimize EP, a digital health company focused on transforming cardiac care by improving the current ...

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An example of 3-D computer aided design (CAD) software from Materialise being used at Henry Ford Hospital to evaluate left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction from a Sapian TAVR valve virtually implanted in the mitral valve position. Henry Ford uses both 3-D printing and CAD to plan and guide complex structural heart procedures. 
Feature | Medical 3-D Printing | By Dave Fornell, Editor

With increasing complexity of interventional structural heart disease and congenital heart disease interventions, 3-D ...

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HeartSciences has been developing a new type of ECG system called Wavelet ECG that may offer a new way of looking at the heart. The MyoVista system uses continuous wavelet transform (CWT) signal processing to provide new frequency and energy information to detect cardiac relaxation abnormalities associated with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction commonly associated with hypertension, diabetes, valvular disease, ischemia, and reduced systolic function. Artificial intelligence is used to read the exam.
Feature | ECG | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Here are a few trends to watch for in electrocardiogram (ECG, or if you prefer the original German EKG) systems. The ...

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December 16, 2020 — AI Medic Inc. announced that it has obtained official product certification from the NIDS (National ...

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News | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

December 16, 2020 - Intelerad Medical Systems, a provider of enterprise imaging workflow solutions, has acquired ...

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Videos | FFR Technologies

This is an example of the Medis Medical Imaging Quantitative Flow Ratio (QFR) system that offers a fractional flow ...

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Case Study | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

This Frost & Sullivan Executive White Paper explains that digitization is the shift to value-based care and risk-sharing ...

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An example of radiation dose tracking software from Imalogix showing data on cath lab angiography cases at RSNA 2019. Photo by Dave Fornell
Feature | Radiation Dose Management | Dave Fornell, Editor

More than a decade ago, there was an alarming, rapid rise in ionizing radiation exposure in the U.S. population that was ...

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