Enterprise Imaging

Enterprise imaging brings together all imaging exams, patient data and reports from across a healthcare system into one location to aid efficiency and economy of scale for data storage. This enables immediate access to images and reports any clinical user of the electronic medical record (EMR) across a healthcare system, regardless of location. Enterprise imaging (EI) systems replace the former system of using a variety of disparate, siloed picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS), and a variety of separate, dedicated workstations and logins to view or post-process different imaging modalities. Often these siloed systems cannot interoperate and cannot easily be connected. Web-based EI systems are becoming the standard across most healthcare systems to incorporate not only radiology, but also cardiology (CVIS), pathology and dozens of other departments to centralize all patient data into one cloud-based data storage and data management system.

Residents' structured reports get boost from software assistance
Structured reporting templates are known to have numerous clinical benefits, but less is known about how these reports can be utilized as training tools for residents.
How AI 'cheating' could impact algorithm reliability
A new study on the implications of AI shortcutting has experts raising concerns about the integration of the technology into medicine.
FDA commissioner urges health systems to strengthen AI quality oversight
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, explains the need for hospitals to perform quality assurance checks on clinical artificial intelligence to ensure these technologies don't "drift" from what was originally cleared by the FDA.
Do large language models help or hinder workflows related to radiology reports?
Some have suggested LLMs could reword reports to improve patient comprehension, but whether this is a feasible option remains unknown.
Telehealth visits not to blame for uptick in imaging orders, study shows
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Radiology IT firm Sirona Medical raises $42M in Series C financing

The startup, which offers cloud-based software that integrates disparate elements of a rad's workflow, also named a new CEO.

November 27, 2024

Radiology practice's communication failure bears tragic consequences

After looking into the case, officials discovered that a coding error prevented the radiology report, which contained critical findings, from ever being sent to the referring provider.

November 24, 2024

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.

November 21, 2024

Incidental interstitial lung abnormalities largely underreported

Less than half of incidental interstitial lung abnormalities on CT exams are reported

This is despite experts cautioning that these findings should be "systematically and fully assessed" due to their progressive nature.

November 20, 2024

artificial intelligence robot evaluates healthcare data

Are providers too trusting of AI's advice?

“When we rely too much on whatever the computer tells us, that’s a problem."

November 19, 2024

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.

November 19, 2024