PACS

Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) have replaced conventional radiographic films as the digital image-viewing hub over the past two decades and now serve as the primary communication bridge between radiologists, radiologic technologists and referring providers. PACS enables all authorized clinicians to access medical images and reports quickly, easily and from virtually any location. Some health systems have integrated PACS into the electronic medical record (EMR). Others have moved to enterprise image systems to replace radiology PACS and allow all departments to now store images and reports in one location for easier health system-wide access.

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Cardiovascular Leaders Survey: What Healthcare Leaders Think

Sponsored by Philips Healthcare

This report offers a snapshot of what health system and cardiovascular leaders think. Some of it validates, while some enlightens. It all helps
guide leadership on a data-rich and insightful journey into the future.

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Cardiovascular Leaders Survey: Key Findings

Sponsored by Philips Healthcare

When it comes to CVIS strategy across the survey base, C-suite leaders and cardiovascular department heads share the responsibility equally often. But in academic medical centers and multi-hospital systems, the division of power is different.

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Cardiovascular Leaders Survey: Survey at a Glance

Sponsored by Philips Healthcare

When we dig to unearth cardiovascular care’s top trends, challenges and goals, the findings bring the present into sharp relief: Today’s CV
leaders are focused on growth and committed to improving both quality of care and operational performance. They also have their eyes on
retaining talented staff and reducing clinician burnout.

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Cardiovascular Leaders Survey: Priorities of the Cardiovascular Service Line

Sponsored by Philips Healthcare

The CV service line has big goals and is mapping out a route to reach them. Leaders are quite focused but know there are roadblocks and traffic jams in their way.

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How one institution is using PACS-based movies, GIFs to advance radiology education

Cinebot allows users to convert multi-frame images into sharable video resources with one-click, and it has been a hit so far, researchers wrote in the Journal of Digital Imaging.

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21st century PACS: 4 ways blockchain could change the radiology landscape

Two imaging experts believe the ledger technology holds some of the same potential to change the field as picture archiving and communication systems did decades ago.

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Billions of images left vulnerable online due to unsecured PACS

The findings build off of a September 2019 report from German security firm Greenbone Networks, which revealed that more than 730 million medical images were accessible over the internet.

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Integrating peer review into PACS helps boost radiologists’ ability to find discrepancies

The model has shown early promise, producing a five-fold increase in radiologists’ reported rate of finding significant errors.