Imaging Informatics

Imaging informatics (also known as radiology informatics, a component of wider medical or healthcare informatics) includes systems to transfer images and radiology data between radiologists, referring physicians, patients and the entire enterprise. This includes picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), wider enterprise image systems, radiology information. systems (RIS), connections to share data with the electronic medical record (EMR), and software to enable advanced visualization, reporting, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, exam ordering, clinical decision support, dictation, and remote image sharing and viewing systems.

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Providing plain language and context in spine imaging reports helps drop opioid prescriptions

The intervention is inexpensive and simple to replicate, UW Medicine experts explained in JAMA Network Open. 

September 17, 2020
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RSNA offering cash, massive dataset for AI solutions to tackle pulmonary embolism

The Radiological Society of North America launched its fourth annual artificial intelligence challenge, hoping to help docs detect and characterize the condition. 

September 14, 2020
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New liability concerns emerge for radiologists who have used patient images in presentations

Recent updates to search engines such as Google and Bing may expose imaging data previously thought to be anonymous, ACR, RSNA and SIIM warned. 

August 21, 2020
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How one radiology department ‘recovered wisely’ to bounce imaging numbers back near pre-COVID levels

University of Cincinnati Health has deployed a data-driven, team-based approach to resuming nonurgent radiology services after it sustained a “sharp,” systemwide decrease in the spring. 

August 13, 2020

Radiology practice launches investigation, warns patients after data breach

Mid-Delaware Imaging said it first became aware of the incident earlier this year, with leaders recently notifying the FBI.

July 29, 2020

‘A huge game changer’: Penn uses machine learning, radiomics to share brain imaging data privately

“Federated learning,” as it’s called, works by training an algorithm across multiple data servers, without exchanging any images, experts detailed in Scientific Reports. 

July 29, 2020
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Adding physicians’ phone numbers to radiology reports bolsters patient contact, job satisfaction

That’s according to the results of a recent survey conducted at one private Colorado imaging practice, highlighted in the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

July 8, 2020

Ambra Health Offers Access to Medical Imaging with Epic Integrations

New capabilities use interoperability to enable patients and physicians alike to instantly access medical imaging. 

June 26, 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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