Women in HIT: Catalysts for change
It’s National Health IT Week, and across the country healthcare stakeholders are recognizing and celebrating the impact of technology on this dynamic industry. To mark the occasion we decided to talk...
View ArticleGrace is Gone: The ICD-10 Period of Relaxed Rules is Over
As you may know, October 1 is the anniversary of the ICD-10 switch over, and thus, ends the ramp up or 'grace' period. The relaxed approach payers have taken throughout the delicate switch from ICD-9...
View ArticleHow to Successfully Manage Your Imaging IT Partner
Although I'm now employed full time as the Chief Medical Officer of Merge, for most of my 38 years in healthcare, I worked full time as a radiologist, performing diagnostic and interventional...
View ArticleWatson Health Imaging: Striving for a revolution in global healthcare
Steve Tolle, VP and Chief Strategy Officer, Watson Health Imaging, addresses the audience at Merge Live 2016. Given the explosion of medical images in recent years, what’s expected of radiologists –...
View ArticleLiving My Best Life in the Shadow of Breast Cancer
Breast cancer. Those two words send a small chill up my spine. As a woman, it's at the top of the list of potential ways I may become ill, or even die. Breast cancer has already struck two women in my...
View ArticleQ&A: Future of IT and Practice Analytics
Healthcare information technology has evolved at a rapid pace over the past 15 years, and Shannon Marshall, Solutions Manager for Merge Healthcare, has had a front-row seat observing this remarkable...
View ArticleAAO 2016: 4 Key Takeaways
Last week was The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) 2016 annual conference held at McCormick Place in Chicago. The event brought together eye physicians and surgeons from all over the world to...
View ArticleWhat's Driving the Orthopedic Market?
America is changing – and we're not talking about politics. Along with the aging of almost 75 million Baby Boomers comes a host of health-related issues that will be shaping our healthcare system for...
View ArticleDiabetes, Retinal Screening and the Future of Eye Care
It has been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, but for healthcare providers eyes can reveal so much more. Retinal screening, in particular, has become a powerful tool for the early...
View ArticleThe Journey to Cognitive Imaging Solutions
By Nancy Koenig and Murray A. Reicher, MD FACR Cognitive computing involves self-learning systems that use data mining, pattern recognition, and natural language processing to mimic the way the human...
View ArticleWhat do MIPS, MACRA, & MU have to do with Quality?
Out of the ashes of the stock market crash of 2008 came a jobs program, the American Redevelopment and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, designed to help put people back to work, including people in...
View ArticleWhy You Need to Build the Clinical Case for Comprehensive Enterprise Data...
Electronic medical records (EMRs) have made it possible to provide clinicians with access to a patient's medical history, or a patient's truth, at the point of care. However, these electronic systems...
View ArticleSingapore National Eye Centre is Breaking Down Siloes Across Specialties
The healthcare industry is quickly evolving, shaped by factors such as increasing global demand and significant advancements in imaging technology. Staying on top of these changes and securing the best...
View ArticleRaising Quality and MIPS Compliance for Imaging Specialists
In my last blog, I described the history of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) EHR Incentive Program and Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). Here, we'll explore what the new...
View ArticleMerge Named Best in KLAS – Six Years and Counting
Merge is proud to share that the 2017 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report has named Merge Cardio™ and Merge's iConnect® Enterprise Archive Best in KLAS for the cardiology and VNA/image archive...
View ArticleRisky Business: The Perils of Neglecting Enterprise Data Management
Smartphones and tablets are becoming just as common in the hands of clinicians as they are in the hands of today's teenagers. Many clinicians – especially younger care providers – are using them to...
View ArticleHIMSS17 Spotlights Merge’s Cognitive and Core Capabilities
Given the constant drive to innovate, time moves pretty fast in the medical imaging industry. It should come as no surprise then that the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society...
View ArticleIs the human heart more than just a pump?
In the blink of an eye, I can look back on a 40 year career in the amazing (and sometimes crazy) world of cardiology. As a clinician, I've seen many remarkable changes in the diagnosis and treatment of...
View ArticleWhat’s getting in the way of better workflow?
Whether it's government mandates, evolving technology, shifts in the workforce or the rise of cognitive capabilities, there is no shortage of change in the healthcare industry – and no sign of it...
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