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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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CHICAGO--athenahealth’s Jonathan Bush had some harsh words for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, Meaningful Use and interoperability when speaking to Clinical Innovation + Technology during the 2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition.

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CHICAGO—Knowing what we know now, the $29 billion spent on Meaningful Use wasn’t worth it, said Stanley Huff, MD, CMIO of Intermountain Healthcare, delivering the closing keynote at the Physicians IT Symposium during the 2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition.

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CHICAGO—A panel of leaders from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT shared their recent accomplishments and future plans while diplomatically fielding questions about criticisms of the just-released Meaningful Use Stage 3 proposed rule.

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CHICAGO--Andrew Gettinger, MD, joined the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT as CMIO and acting director of the agency’s Office of Clinical Quality and Safety last October, bringing a wealth of experience and expertise.

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