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.

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The case for structured reporting: 80% of ordering physicians say report readability should be fast, efficient

Referring physicians have distinct expectations and specific, but predominantly coherent preferences with regard to radiology reporting, according to the results of a survey issued to general practitioners and hospital-based physicians in Switzerland.

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Second-opinion imaging readings alter clinical care for HPB patients

Second-opinion imaging readings can directly affect the clinical management of patients with Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) disease, reported authors of a Sept. 24 study in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Elsevier’s decision support tool helps radiologists cut down on diagnostic errors

New research shows that STATdx, Elsevier’s new online diagnostic decision support tool, can reduce diagnostic errors by radiologists by 19 percent.

PACS users detail 6 pressing limitations of the technology

PACS has become one of the most important digital advancements in radiology, according to a Sept. 17 Journal of Digital Imaging study—but it is not without flaws.

Overnight attending radiologists are handling more and more after-hours imaging—is that bad for radiology?

Many academic medical centers are shifting away from using radiology residents for after-hours imaging interpretations and turning to overnight attending radiologists instead, according to a new analysis published in Radiology.

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Room for improvement: 6 key issues with today’s PACS

The adoption of PACS technology has been incredibly important for radiology, according to a new study published in the Journal of Digital Imaging, helping the specialty become largely filmless while improving workflow, efficiency and productivity. However, the authors noted, this current generation of PACS has numerous limitations.

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Radiologists want function more than features in a PACS

Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) have become central to modern medicine, but these systems often lack the functionality radiology departments desire.

Radiologists value stability, efficiency in a PACS over 'niche add-ons'

What do you hope to get out of your facility’s PACS? Lightning-fast speed? The latest and greatest features?

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