Conferences

RSNA 2021 planner: AI educational sessions

Radiology being the medical specialty furthest along with AI, the technology will take the spotlight at sessions, in exhibits and on a pavilion reserved for healthcare AI vendors.

RSNA 2018: Challenges and benefits of using AI in radiologists' workflows

One size does not fit all when it comes to adopting AI into radiologists' workflows. That’s the message Penn Medicine physician William W. Boonn, MD, encouraged radiologists, developers and vendors to remember while speaking during the annual RSNA meeting in Chicago.

RSNA 2018: Researchers use AI to predict cancer survival, treatment response

After using deep learning on patient scans to track cancer evolution, one research team is hopeful the “promising results” can help improve treatment response and survival predictions for cancer patients.

Philadelphia physician earns RSNA Margulis Award for AI research

A physician whose research produced promising results for using AI to improve the detection of tuberculosis (TB) was awarded the Alexander R. Margulis Award for Scientific Excellence during the annual RSNA conference in Chicago.

1 CISO's 5 pillars of an effective cybersecurity program

In a March 8 session at HIMSS 2018 in Las Vegas, Kevin Charest, chief information security officer of the Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), outlined the five pillars of its cybersecurity program.

HIMSS18: 5 best practices of virtual care

In a March 6 presentation at HIMSS18 in Las Vegas, Blake McKinney, CMO and co-founder of the virtual health platform CirrusMD, presented key learnings from how health systems and payers are meeting the needs of consumers though virtual care.

HIMSS18: Machine learning system mines data to reduce costs, minimize waste

Orion Health has announced its machine learning system, Amadeus Intelligence, could improve patient care while reducing operating costs by minimizing waste.

Smartphone addiction creates chemical imbalance in brain

As younger patients grow up using smartphones and the internet, some may become addicted to the technology and develop imbalances in brain chemistry, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago.

Reduce employee temptation to snoop records

BOSTON—Authorized EHR users can see a lot more information than they need to, said Eric Liederman, MD, MPH, director of medical informatics at Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento, Calif., speaking at Medical Informatics World 2015.

AMA's Steven Stack: Physicians are 'excited about change'

BOSTON—New payment delivery models are “this generation’s opportunity,” said American Medical Association President-Elect Steven Stack, MD, speaking at Medical Informatics World 2015.

Getting to high-performance healthcare

BOSTON—Despite “an endless well of metrics,” healthcare is not operating at a high level of performance, said Jason Burke, senior advisor for innovation and analytics, UNC Health Care and School of Medicine, speaking at Medical Informatics World.

Discussions, questions for post-reform healthcare

BOSTON—We are in an era of unprecedented advanced in medical technology but it is a case of ‘the best of times and the worst of times,’ said Phillip Polakoff, MD, MPH, MEnv.Sc., national health advisor, speaking at Medical Informatics World.

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