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.

Experts highlight 'significant concerns' with fluctuating accuracy of popular large language models
As these models continue to advance, it is important to understand how their performance holds up over time.
Are providers too trusting of AI's advice?
“When we rely too much on whatever the computer tells us, that’s a problem."
Pairing an alert system with CAD software halves time-to-treatment for pneumothorax
By expediting communication between radiologists and referring providers when suspicious findings are identified, the system has great potential to improve clinical outcomes in real-world scenarios, authors of a new study in JACR suggest.
How Konica Minolta’s next generation, cloud-based enterprise imaging is powering one practice’s growth
Finding the right enterprise imaging system is critical for radiology practices and hospitals that need to expand and scale their image management and reading capacity. For Houston Northwest Radiology Association, a large increase in the volume of images they manage for clients means it’s time to commit to a next-gen EI system.
Next-generation VR headsets could improve ergonomics, radiologist reading experience
Radiologists utilized the Apple Vision Pro to assess CT images of possible diverticulitis, comparing the results with a standard computer monitor.

Lessons learned after radiology department systematically reschedules 30,000 imaging studies

Clear communication has proven crucial and that will only continue as UC Health looks to recover, experts wrote in JACR.

May 19, 2020

Radiology interest groups urge Congress to delay implementation of imaging appropriate-use criteria

Several imaging industry lobbying groups are continuing to press national lawmakers to provide relief for radiology practices hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 11, 2020

Radiology vendor Change Healthcare sells analytics business line for $55M

In the nine months ending Dec. 31, Connected Analytics generated about $48.6 million for the Tennessee-based tech company, or about 2.5% of its earnings.

May 7, 2020

Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine the latest to cancel its in-person conference

SIIM said the decision was influenced by both continued travel restrictions among its members and a desire to quell the spread of COVID-19.

April 28, 2020

Experts introduce CO-RADS as standardized way to assess CT imaging of COVID-19 patients

The COVID-19 Reporting and Data System is based on previous efforts at standardization and has logged solid results thus far, experts from the Dutch Radiological Society reported.

April 28, 2020

Feds delay enforcement of new interoperability rules to ease burden on providers

“In a pandemic of this magnitude, flexibility is paramount for a healthcare system under siege by COVID-19,” CMS Administrator Seema Verma said.

April 21, 2020

RSNA launching COVID-19 image-sharing initiative following ‘wave of requests’

The Radiological Society of North America said it’s creating a coronavirus imaging data repository in a bid to boost research on the novel disease.

March 30, 2020

Radiologists gather COVID-19 second opinions from far-flung peers using WhatsApp

The coronavirus pandemic has the potential to overwhelm busy provider organizations, but social media could provide relief, according to one new study.

March 26, 2020

Imaging Informatics

Experts highlight 'significant concerns' with fluctuating accuracy of popular large language models

Are providers too trusting of AI's advice?

Pairing an alert system with CAD software halves time-to-treatment for pneumothorax

How Konica Minolta’s next generation, cloud-based enterprise imaging is powering one practice’s growth

Next-generation VR headsets could improve ergonomics, radiologist reading experience