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Cloud-based imaging: The new catalyst for healthcare transformation

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Given that radiology is such a crucial tool for medical professionals, it makes sense that the images should be stored in an interoperable format, and easily accessible across departments. In most cases, medical images and scans are placed into an electronic medical record (EMR) as a link.

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Beware barriers to the assessment of cancer patient financial hardship

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Although this connection between financial trouble and poor cancer outcomes has been established, "screening for financial hardship in patients with cancer remains inconsistently implemented across healthcare systems in the United States," the group explained. The complete article can be found here.

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HIMSS and Korean Health Information Service Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Electronic Medical Record Adoption at HIMSS 2024

Imaging Technology

According to HIMSS, the MOU establishes a three-year collaborative relationship between HIMSS and the Republic of Korea for Electronic Medical Record adoption in hospitals throughout the country. For his part, Lim said the collaboration with a healthcare IT leader will help his country achieve EMR standards nationwide.

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Key interventions cut delays for MRIs performed on sedated patients

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"Other methods of increasing the impact of our interventions, such as integrating the workflow into our hospital electronic medical records and educating patients, are possible future strategies. The complete study can be found here.

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Standardized reporting categorizes breast cancer detection methods

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healthcare system currently does not have a registry requirement to report the method of detection for newly diagnosed breast cancers, which limits efforts to determine how breast cancers are discovered. In total, the team included data from 29,999 breast biopsies performed between 2017 and 2023 from 18 imaging sites in four U.S.

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Royal Philips selects AWS as preferred cloud provider

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Philips parent companyRoyal Philips has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider for global delivery of healthcare informatics software and technologies. It has also managed more than 134 petabytes of cloud data, including nearly 11 billion medical images and patient records.

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Konica Minolta Healthcare and Apollo Enterprise Imaging Partner to Provide Enterprise-Wide Clinical Workflows and Image-Enabled EMR

Imaging Technology

The partnership will unite all patient information across clinical specialties, including from non-DICOM devices, for a longitudinal, image-enabled electronic medical record (EMR). Apollo Founder and CEO, Mark Newburger , said, "We look forward to collaborating with Konica Minolta Healthcare.

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