Jonathan S. Batchelor[email protected]ISBrailer outlines national health IT goals, challenges at HIMSSDALLAS - Healthcare information technology isn't about software and computers. IT exists to help physicians make better treatment decisions, nurses and pharmacists deliver safer care, and consumers make better choices among treatment options, according to Dr. David Brailer, U.S. Health and Human Services National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.February 17, 2005ISNew tool automates unstructured report analysisAlthough many practices and institutions have adopted structured radiology reporting, most reports are still unstructured. A team from Boston has developed a new computer algorithm for categorizing unstructured reports, and tested it against a pair of radiologists to analyze and classify reports. The results were comparable, but the algorithm processed the data dramatically faster.February 17, 2005ISHIPAA TCS standards provide business intelligence opportunitiesDALLAS - Generally, when administrative simplification is mandated by a government agency, the result is enhanced organizational complexity. However, in the case of an exception proving the rule, the enactment of the HIPAA Transaction Code Set (TCS) requirement for electronic data interchange (EDI) has created an opportunity for savvy administrators to tap into a standard flow of data.February 16, 2005ISSurvey shows IHE compliance reduces costsDALLAS - The results of a survey conducted by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) on the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative demonstrate that IHE compliance saves time and money for both users and vendors.February 15, 2005Imaging InformaticsIHE assists regional health architectureDALLAS - Regional health information organizations (RHIOs) are being formed in the U.S. in an effort to provide community-based interconnected electronic health records (EHRs). The goal of these organizations is not to be a central repository of an electronic medical record (EMR), but rather to function as a peer-to-peer (P2P) community EMR broker or switch, according to a presentation at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference yesterday.February 14, 2005Imaging InformaticsLack of standards hampers payor, provider collaborationDALLAS - Improving the quality and delivery of healthcare while reducing cost is one of the main goals of every provider and payor organization, and a key element to achieving this goal is the sharing of data between payors and providers. Despite the importance of data sharing, payors and providers have historically had difficulty working together in this area, according to an e-session presentation at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference on Sunday.February 13, 2005ISAuntMinnie.com RIS Radiology InsiderFebruary 13, 2005Nuclear MedicinePEM development picks up paceAlthough FDG-PET has demonstrated its capability to identify breast lesions, whole-body PET may not be the most efficient technology to image breast cancer. Positron emission mammography (PEM), however, has several potential benefits over whole-body PET for breast imaging, according to researchers from Duke University in Durham, NC.February 6, 2005Nuclear MedicineAuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Radiology InsiderFebruary 1, 2005MRIMRS shows cost-benefit strength for brain tumor diagnosisIn January 2004, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services decided to continue the current noncoverage determination for proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), stating there is inadequate evidence to conclude that MRS is necessary for diagnosing brain tumors. A research team from California, however, has presented compelling evidence that MRS use for brain tumor diagnosis is safe, accurate, and cost-effective.January 27, 2005Previous PagePage 40 of 82Next PageTop StoriesInterventionalGAE reduces pain biomarkers in knee osteoarthritisGenicular artery embolization (GAE) significantly reduces key biomarkers that drive pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis.Residents/FellowsRace, ethnicity influence educational debt among radiology-bound MDsMRIMRI, CT findings correlate for assessing epicardial fat volumePractice ManagementImaging experts hope NSA enforcement bill delivers on accountabilityCTPET/CT identifies bone demineralization in breast cancer patients
