Informatics

The goal of health informatics systems is to enable smooth transfer of data and cybersecurity across the healthcare enterprise. This includes patient information, images, subspecialty reporting systems, lab results, scheduling, revenue management, hospital inventory, and many other health IT systems. These systems include the electronic medical record (EMR) admission discharge and transfer (ADT) system, hospital information system (HIS), radiology picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), cardiovascular information systems (CVIS), archive solutions including cloud storage and vendor neutral archives (VNA), and other medical informatics systems.

AI helps cardiologists deliver personalized healthcare—but there is still plenty of work to do
A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association explores the many ways AI and machine learning are being used to improve care for heart patients.
Cardiologists partner with imaging AI specialists to improve care for high-risk heart patients
The new collaboration is designed to ensure patients who may face an increased risk of heart disease receive the follow-up care they need.
New American College of Cardiology registry focuses on data from outpatient ambulatory surgical centers
The ACC launched its latest registry knowing that volumes at these outpatient facilities are expected to rise in the years ahead.
Best in KLAS 2024: New rankings for cardiovascular information systems, hemodynamic solutions
Hospital end users ranked the CVIS and hemodynamic systems they use, shedding light on their working relationships with IT vendors.
How are the best in KLAS Health IT vendor rankings created?
KLAS conducts annual assessments of all types of healthcare information systems such as PACS, EMRs and cardiovascular information systems and ranks them. Bradley Hunter, the vice president for value-based care and core solutions at KLAS Research, explains the process of ranking.

Hello Heart raises $70M as digital therapeutics demand soars

Hello Heart, a digital therapeutics company that focuses on heart health, has raised $70 million in a Series D funding round.

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VIDEO: Getting cardiologist buy-in on artificial intelligence

Ami Bhatt, MD, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) chief innovation officer and adult congenital heart disease cardiologist at Mass General Hospital, discusses how to get physician acceptance to use artificial intelligence (AI).

May 4, 2022

Smartwatch app accurately detects atrial fibrillation in large Chinese study

A Chinese study of 2.8 million participants found that 94% of users flagged for AFib indeed have the heart rhythm disorder.

April 11, 2022

Use of augmented reality and virtual reality to aid procedures and enhance clinician training is expected to see increasing use in the coming years in cardiology. Photo from Philips healthcare

VIDEO: 4 predictions on key cardiac technologies for the coming years

Mass General cardiologist and Harvard professor Ami Bhatt, MD, predicts upcoming paradigm shifts in cardiology over the next decade.

March 24, 2022

Health data breaches were on the rise last year, increasing 3-fold in 2021,leaving millions of Americans’ sensitive health information exposed.

Health data breaches increased three-fold in 2021

Health data breaches were on the rise last year, leaving millions of Americans’ sensitive health information exposed.

March 24, 2022

Ami Bhatt, MD, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Chief Innovation Officer, and an Adult Congenital Heart Disease cardiologist at Mass General Hospital (MGH). She is viewed one of the national experts on telecardiology, having been the former director of telecardiology at Mass General during 2020-2021.

VIDEO: American College of Cardiology working to propel cardiovascular innovation

Ami Bhatt, MD, explained how the ACC is working to advance new technologies that can improve patient care.

March 18, 2022

The American Hospital Association (AMA) is warning healthcare systems the Russians may attempt cyber attacks amid rising tensions of the war in Ukraine and the international community's response. #Ukraine #warinukraine #ukrainewar

U.S. government, American Hospital Association warn of potential Russian cyber attacks

The American Hospital Association (AHA) is warning U.S. hospitals about possible cyber attacks from Russia on U.S. healthcare IT systems due to rising tensions over the war in Ukraine.

March 1, 2022

Part of the echo reporting functionality from Fujifilm Synapse Cardiovascular. This CVIS was ranked Best in KLAS in 2022 based on user interviews.

Best of KLAS 2022: The top cardiovascular information systems and hemodynamic solutions

KLAS Research released its 2022 Best in KLAS report, which includes cardiovascular information systems and hemodynamic systems.

February 16, 2022

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Informatics

AI helps cardiologists deliver personalized healthcare—but there is still plenty of work to do

Cardiologists partner with imaging AI specialists to improve care for high-risk heart patients

New American College of Cardiology registry focuses on data from outpatient ambulatory surgical centers

Best in KLAS 2024: New rankings for cardiovascular information systems, hemodynamic solutions

How are the best in KLAS Health IT vendor rankings created?

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