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.

INFINITT Stands out as a Leader in Cloud-based Imaging: New KLAS Report: ‘Imaging in the Cloud 2021’

INFINITT North America is a leading developer of image and data management solutions for healthcare, and “an early entrant into cloud-based imaging.”

Intelerad Unveils New Cloud-Native Disaster Recovery Solution at RSNA 2021

Designed to provide secure, isolated and immutable copies of all medical images with unlimited capacity services, Cloud DR mitigates the risks against natural disasters, human error, technological failure or cybersecurity breaches amongst hospitals, healthcare systems and radiology practice groups.

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Poor oversight of resident physicians contributed to deadly lung cancer diagnosis delay, OIG says

A urology resident requested CT surveillance of one patient's abdomen and pelvis within 90 days, but it ended up taking nearly twice as long. 

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Final rule quashes copyright concern, allowing owners to repair their imaging devices

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance, representing equipment manufacturers, slammed the Copyright Office Registrar’s recommendations. 

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Intelerad acquiring cloud specialist Ambra Health to form $1.7B enterprise imaging giant

The combined company now manages more than 50 billion medical images and will read upward of 130 million exams each year.

6 steps for seamlessly integrating an artificial intelligence solution into daily clinical practice

University Hospitals recently finished implementing a novel algorithm for detecting pneumothorax, sharing its early lessons learned in the Journal of the American College of Radiology

Wearing a face mask may increase dictation errors in radiology reports

The difference when using speech-recognition software may be accentuated in certain groups of radiologists, UNC researchers detailed in the Journal of Digital Imaging.

5 Years into the Cloud, John Muir Health Is Just Getting Started

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One 3D mammogram acquired via digital breast tomosynthesis adds about 500 MB of image data to a hospital’s storage system. That’s the average. On the high end, a single study can occupy as much as 3 GB of real estate on a finite-volume storage server.