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.

Hands-free, generative AI system reduces radiologists' time spent creating reports
"Application of these technologies represents potential areas to combat burnout," researchers wrote recently in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
Radiomics-based tool predicts fracture risk in COPD patients
Such technology can be leveraged to improve risk assessments without accruing additional expenses for patients or clinicians, potentially filling in gaps where DXA exams fall short.
Many radiology PowerPoints inadvertently put private health information at risk
Many of these files are still readily available online, and numerous contain PHI that is “easily accessible,” a new analysis reveals.
Incidental finding characteristics that warrant communication
Three factors are associated with true high-risk findings—imaging protocols for aortic valve implantation planning, imaging area, and cardiology department orders.
GPT-4 as accurate as neurologists in predicting final diagnosis based on MRI reports
The large language model can also outperform other human providers, radiologists included, new study shows.

Stronger report wording, direct calls to referrers help boost outpatients’ follow-up imaging odds

Only 65% of patients actually receive recommended additional imaging in this setting, with a median turnaround time of 50 days, according to a new study.

March 28, 2023

How one radiology department increased use of its alert system for critical imaging findings

Almost 10% of radiology reports contain such an alert and communication of them is crucial to keeping patients safe and avoiding malpractice lawsuits.

March 24, 2023

Example of natural language processing converting the radiologist's dictation into text. This system from M-Model highlighted key words the artificial intelligence will use text in the report and for labeling the report file for later key word searches or data mining.

How NLP can 'revolutionize' structured reporting

The continued emergence of natural language processing has caught the eye of experts in the field, with some suggesting its use could streamline the process of integrating structured reporting across the specialty.

March 20, 2023

Traditional methods continue to outperform AI in some orthopedic scenarios

A new meta-analysis suggests that when it comes to hip fractures, AI algorithms do not always live up to their hype.

March 17, 2023

Russian-speaking ransomware group leaks breast cancer patients' sensitive data

"We have been in your network a long time and have had time to study your business. We have stolen your confidential information and are ready to publish it," the ransomware group threatened.

March 13, 2023

Closing the loop and settling rare clinical disagreements between radiologists at the same institution

Oftentimes, these deviations can occur informally, but experts believe careful documentation is needed to resolve them in a timely fashion.

February 24, 2023

Rankings of radiology IT solutions by end-users in the 2023 Best in KLAS program

End-users of various radiology IT systems offer their assessment of the software in the annual KLAS Research 2023 Best in KLAS report.

February 22, 2023

KLAS 2023 rankings for cardiovascular information systems and hemodynamic solutions

Hospital end-users ranked the CVIS and hemodynamic systems they are using and shed light on their working relationships with IT vendors.

February 22, 2023

Imaging Informatics

Hands-free, generative AI system reduces radiologists' time spent creating reports

Radiomics-based tool predicts fracture risk in COPD patients

Many radiology PowerPoints inadvertently put private health information at risk

Incidental finding characteristics that warrant communication

GPT-4 as accurate as neurologists in predicting final diagnosis based on MRI reports