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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.

Gallery | HIMSS | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Photo Gallery of New Technologies at HIMSS 2021

The annual Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2021 meeting is the largest health information ...

August 18, 2021

Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

VIDEO: Examples of Dynamic Blood Flow Imaging in Cardiac Ultrasound

A new ultrasound imaging technology that may offer novel ways to diagnose and better understand cardiac diseases using ...

August 17, 2021

A comparison of color-flow Doppler cardiac ultrasound showing blood flow, and blood speckle tracking revealing a more detailed and complex understanding of the low. It shows the formation of a vortex that may play a role in future assessments for the efficiency of flow in the heart and vessels. #ASE21 #ASE2021 #Vectorflowimaging

Feature | Cardiac Imaging | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Development of Echo Blood Flow Dynamics Imaging

In the past several years, a few cardiac ultrasound vendors have developed new ways to image the intricate flow of ...

August 17, 2021

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Feature | Information Technology

SPONSORED CONTENT: Unveiling the Future of Cardiovascular Workflow

Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...

March 21, 2024

A lone vendor booth in a sea of open space in a corner of the expo floor at HIMSS 2021 this week. A large number of vendors decided to pull out of exhibiting at HIMSS in recent weeks because the host city of Las Vegas saw a major surge of COVID cases over July, reaching a 20.2% positivity rate on the day HIMSS began.

Blog | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

HIMSS 2021 Showed What to Expect From In-person Healthcare Conferences During the COVID Pandemic

The in-person 2021 Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting planned for Aug. 9-13 appeared to ...

August 13, 2021

Artificial intelligence is becoming best practice to support clinical decisions and help standardize echocardiography analysis for practices. AI, trained on millions of outcome-based data, can provide automation for operators to obtain highly accurate and precise measurements, to better detect and predict cardiovascular disease.

Webinar | Artificial Intelligence

WEBINAR: Utilization of AI for Echocardiography Analysis and Outcome Prediction

Artificial intelligence is becoming best practice to support clinical decisions and help standardize echocardiography ...

August 12, 2021

Abbott's new interventional imaging platform powered by Ultreon 1.0 Software is a first-of-its-kind imaging software merges optical coherence tomography (OCT) intravascular imaging with the power of artificial intelligence (AI) for enhanced visualization. The new Ultreon Software can automatically detect the severity of calcium-based blockages and measure vessel diameter to enhance the precision of physicians’ decision-making during coronary stenting procedures.

News | Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

FDA Clears Abbott OCT Imaging Enhanced With Artificial Intelligence

August 5, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared clearance Abbott's latest optical coherence ...

August 05, 2021

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Case Study | Enterprise Imaging

Re-Architecting a Hemo System Using Behavioral Science

Behavioral science is being applied in unique ways for enterprise imaging product design. Involving clinicians in the ...

May 30, 2023

Videos | EP Lab

VIDEO: EP Trends and New Technology From Biosense Webster at HRS 2021

Jass Brooks, vice president of global strategic marketing, Biosense Webster, explains four over-arching electrophysiolog ...

August 02, 2021

The devices compared in the study were the Bardy Carnation Ambulatory Monitor long-term continuous ECG system (left) and the BioGuardian MCT cardiac event monitor (right). #HRS21 #HRS2021 #HeartRhythm21

News | EP Lab

Human ECG Monitoring Outperforms AI Dependent Remote Cardiac Monitoring

July 29, 2021 – Results from a new clinical trial found human-oversight dependent continuous electrocardiography (ECG) ...

July 29, 2021

ScImage Inc., a provider of cloud-centric cardiovascular and radiology enterprise imaging and reporting solutions, announced a partnership with Cardiology Consultants PA (CCPA). The Spartanburg, S.C., cardiology group consists of 14 physicians, six nurse practitioners, three office locations and a newly opened office-based lab/ambulatory surgical center (OBL/ASC) servicing upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina. ScImage provided a CVIS, or cardiovascular information system.

News | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

ScImage Announces Cloud Install at Cardiology Consultants of Spartanburg

July 28, 2021 - ScImage Inc., a provider of cloud-centric cardiovascular and radiology enterprise imaging and reporting ...

July 28, 2021

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Today, cloud-native analytics can automate data acquisition and synthesize complex data from multiple sources.

Feature | Archive Cloud Storage

Making Cardiovascular Data Work for You Tomorrow

Today, cloud-native analytics can automate data acquisition and synthesize complex data from multiple sources. Here, we ...

March 17, 2023

Schematic illustration of a pre-vascularized stem cell patch having multiple stem cell-laden bio-inks to encorage heart cell regrowth at infarct areas. With permission from Elsevier. Read the original article.Jinah Jang, Reprinted from Biomaterials, Vol 112, Jinah Jang et al., 3D printed complex tissue construct using stem cell-laden decellularized extracellular matrix bioinks for cardiac repair, Pages 264-274, Copyright (2017),

News | Medical 3-D Printing

Bioprinted 3D Cardiac Patches Could Reverse Scar Formation, Promote Myocardial Regeneration After Heart Attacks

July 27, 2021 -- Cardiovascular diseases account for 32% of global deaths. Myocardial infarction, or heart attacks, play ...

July 27, 2021

Images or a digital twin mitral valve of a patient created from cardiac ultrasound that were used to perform a virtual surgical procedure to test how the intervention would impact the patient prior to actually performing the procedure. The right image shows color coding for sheer stresses on the valve leaflets before and after the virtual surgery. The right image shows the model quantitation of leaflet coaptation at peak systole prior to the the virtual surgery. Read the original article in Plos One https:/

Feature | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Development of Computer Generated Virtual Hearts Using Echocardiography

Outside of medicine, computer-generated virtual twins of real machines like cars or airplanes have been used in ...

July 26, 2021

Feature | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

Improving Consistency and Standardization With Structured Reporting

Jeff Rieder M.D., a cardiologist with Coastal Cardiology Charleston, clearly recalls the time when reporting was ...

July 26, 2021

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Feature | Information Technology

Five Ways to Improve Productivity and Efficiency in Cardiology Workflow

Many cardiology departments face significant challenges meeting regulatory requirements, quality metrics, and ...

February 10, 2023

In the past decade there has been a proliferation of clinical-grade wearable monitors and implantable devices such as pacemakers, ICDs, implantable cardiac monitors, and new pacemaker-like devices that can control hypertension. In the near future, these devices will be tied into a body-wide internet of things for specific patients that can transmit patient data to clinicians wirelessly to enable an integrated, more robust form of telecardiology and telemedicine.

Feature | Telecardiology | Victor Wollesen

Next Generation Cardiac Wearables and Implantables Will Integrate Into Wireless Body Area Networks

Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of death for people over 65 years old in North America and Europe ...

July 23, 2021

An example of Viz.AI's pulmonary embolism AI application and mobile alert to the physician on-call. Viz.AI and Avicenna.AI Partner to Launch Artificial Intelligence Care Coordination for Pulmonary Embolism and Aortic Disease

News | Artificial Intelligence

Viz.AI and Avicenna.AI Partner to Launch Artificial Intelligence Care Coordination for Pulmonary Embolism and Aortic Disease

July 21, 2021 — Artificial intelligence (AI) medical imaging vendors Viz.AI and Avicenna.AI have partnered to enable ...

July 21, 2021

The Clear AI software can help with identification coronary plaque features in CT scans that may cause heart attacks. Cleerly Coronary’s noninvasive, AI-driven approach supports the understanding of plaques using FDA-cleared technologies.

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Canon Medical Partners with Cleerly to Tackle Heart Disease, the Leading Cause of Death

July 16, 2021 — Canon Medical Systems USA is joining forces with Cleerly in a strategic partnership to support simple ...

July 16, 2021