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Mercy Health's Anderson Hospital in Cincinnati. Credit: Google Maps

Mercy Health invests in cloud PACS, teleradiology company NucleusHealth

By Mike Miliard 01:46 pm September 20, 2018

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health announced this week that it is investing in San Diego-based NucleusHealth, developer of cloud-hosted picture archiving communications systems and teleradiology services. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

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Mercy commercializes cloud-based PACS for mid-sized hospitals

By Mike Miliard 03:26 pm September 11, 2018

Mercy Technology Services, the IT division of the sprawling St. Louis-based health system, has developed a new cloud-based imaging platform and is commercializing it for other hospitals to deploy.

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How Highmark Health uses deep learning, 3D tech to cut unnecessary angiograms

By Bill Siwicki 02:12 pm August 20, 2018

The health system deploys innovative FDA-approved technologies, enabling physicians to use AI algorithms to assess 3D models of the heart.

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Johns Hopkins researchers use deep learning to combat pancreatic cancer

By Bill Siwicki 01:02 pm August 16, 2018

Early detection is key to treatment, and with AI-enabled detection methods nearly a third of pancreatic cancer cases could be found four to 12 months sooner, they say.

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Republic County Hospital in Belleville, Kansas. Credit: Google Maps

Cloud-based PACS system cuts imaging costs by half for rural hospital

By Bill Siwicki 12:27 pm August 14, 2018

Republic County Hospital in Kansas freed itself from buying new equipment every few years and improved the software’s ease of use for clinicians.

Where hospitals plan big AI deployments: diagnostic imaging

By Bernie Monegain 10:07 am August 03, 2018

Interest in AI is on the rise among radiology units, and a new study says the tech could transform imaging accuracy, productivity and increasing patient volumes.

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Fed up with hunting down other providers' test results, physician built a new platform

By Bill Siwicki 02:19 pm August 02, 2018

Offices using the technology from his company, LabFinder.com, report receiving 64 percent fewer phone tag calls, and say office staff feel less overwhelmed.

Chesapeake Regional uses big data and analytics to screen smokers for lung cancer

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Big data and predictive analytics pull in smokers for lung screening

By Bill Siwicki 03:12 pm July 27, 2018

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare sought to motivate smokers to get screened and used cloud-based analytics and marketing technology to successfully target them.

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Student develops AI algorithms that identify and assess cancerous lung nodules

By Bill Siwicki 01:58 pm July 25, 2018

The open source machine learning technology is applied to CT scans and can assist physicians in better analyzing lung cancer, potentially saving lives.