Enterprise Imaging

Enterprise imaging brings together all imaging exams, patient data and reports from across a healthcare system into one location to aid efficiency and economy of scale for data storage. This enables immediate access to images and reports any clinical user of the electronic medical record (EMR) across a healthcare system, regardless of location. Enterprise imaging (EI) systems replace the former system of using a variety of disparate, siloed picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS), and a variety of separate, dedicated workstations and logins to view or post-process different imaging modalities. Often these siloed systems cannot interoperate and cannot easily be connected. Web-based EI systems are becoming the standard across most healthcare systems to incorporate not only radiology, but also cardiology (CVIS), pathology and dozens of other departments to centralize all patient data into one cloud-based data storage and data management system.

RBJ Tech Spotlight

‘Eye-opening’ misconceptions around enterprise imaging, and how radiology leaders can avoid them

Sponsored by NetApp

“Enterprise imaging” is a term that’s bandied about in healthcare. But what does it actually mean, and is your organization getting the most bang for its buck out of this very important process?

December 15, 2020

Cybersecurity experts warn of severe vulnerabilities in GE Healthcare imaging systems

CyberMDX first discovered the issue, noting that it affects more than 100 devices, including CT, US, x-ray and MRI. 

December 9, 2020
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4 radiologist-focused management strategies to promote follow-up care for incidental findings

A new JACR analysis provides a roadmap for practice leaders looking to systematically tackle this challenge. 

December 4, 2020

Standardized reporting can elevate radiologists’ top product from single-use to reusable asset

In a talk during RSNA's annual meeting, one expert urged the specialty to forge its own path, before it's forced to follow others.

December 2, 2020
Radiology Imaging

Referring physicians want structured reporting while radiologists prefer free-form approach, survey finds

Most radiology residents also prefer a more systematized method of sharing their findings, signaling a possible change in future reporting trends. 

November 24, 2020

Artificial intelligence prioritizes radiologists’ CT work list, reducing turnaround and wait times

The machine learning algorithm works by flagging abnormal, noncontrast exams for intracranial hemorrhage, experts wrote in Radiology: AI. 

November 18, 2020
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Standardizing chest CT reporting ups odds of early lung cancer diagnosis by nearly 25%

Kaiser Permanente’s system works by dividing patients with suspicious nodules into eight separate categories, similar to screening mammography. 

November 6, 2020
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Shifting to subspecialty-based radiology reporting significantly improves turnaround time

The gains were particularly notable in MRI and conventional radiography and at smaller hospitals, experts reported in Insights into Imaging. 

November 2, 2020

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"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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