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.

Top reasons for radiology workflow interruptions and how to address them
University of Wisconsin researchers analyzed over 39,000 WebEx electronic messages sent in their department in a single year, offering takeaways in Academic Radiology.
Radiology practice reportedly working with FBI after ‘data security incident’
Mt. Baker Imaging and Northwest Radiologists in Bellingham, Washington, have engaged with outside forensic specialists to aid in the investigation.
Pre-procedure patient questionnaires reduce IR scheduling hiccups
Increased demand for interventional procedures has inevitably resulted in more patients with complex medical needs entering the IR suite.
American-made GPT-4 knows no borders, translates radiology reports into different languages
New research highlights the potential of GPT-4 to enhance radiologists’ communication of findings in clinical environments across the pond.
Radiology practice will pay $350,000 for allegedly violating HIPAA Rule prior to cyberattack
HHS charges that New York state-based Northeast Radiology failed to conduct a thorough risk analysis of its systems, which may have prevented the PACS breach.

Monthly reviews improve adverse event reporting in interventional radiology

Monthly conference compliance reviews could improve unprompted adverse event (AE) reporting among interventional radiologists, according to a Penn Medicine study published Nov. 20 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

RSNA 2018: What many radiology departments still get wrong about customer service

Providing high-quality customer service is a key component of any business strategy. After all, if your customers aren’t happy, why would they ever use your services again or recommend you to a friend?

Why efficiency, not AI, could be the biggest theme of RSNA 2018

With RSNA 2018 rapidly approaching, Signify Research has published a new report on the trends expected to steal the show. And, yes, artificial intelligence (AI) seems like an obvious choice for No. 1, but the report suggests another top trend: efficiency.

Market update: Imaging leaders falling out of love with deconstructed PACS

The idea of implementing a “deconstructed PACS”—using multiple vendors for key solutions such as your PACS, VNA and viewers—was gaining huge momentum among imaging providers as recently as a few years ago. Now, however, providers are moving away from a best-of-breed approach to its imaging solutions and embracing a single-source approach.

Stanford researchers find more data isn’t better when training AI to classify chest x-rays

Researchers from Stanford University have determined that convolutional neural networks (CNNs) trained with just 20,000 labeled images can accurately classify chest x-rays as either normal or abnormal, according to a new study published Nov. 13 in Radiology.

Carestream Showcases Latest Multimedia Reporting Advances at RSNA

Carestream

Carestream’s latest generation of radiology reporting is taking an impressive step forward with the integration of multimedia content such as graphs, tables, images and hyperlinks.

Carestream Showcases Latest Multimedia Reporting Advances at RSNA

ROCHESTER, N.Y.— Carestream’s latest generation of radiology reporting is taking an impressive step forward with the integration of multimedia content such as graphs, tables, images and hyperlinks. These elements add value to traditional reports while boosting productivity and collaboration among healthcare providers. Machine vision algorithms also enhance the reporting process and increase radiologists’ efficiency by providing tools that can help detect, measure and diagnose abnormalities.

CDS tool improves reader diagnosis of bladder cancer response to treatment

A decision support tool can help physicians better diagnose bladder cancer treatment response on CT, according to an Nov. 10 study published in Academic Radiology.

Enterprise Imaging

Top reasons for radiology workflow interruptions and how to address them

Radiology practice reportedly working with FBI after ‘data security incident’

Pre-procedure patient questionnaires reduce IR scheduling hiccups

American-made GPT-4 knows no borders, translates radiology reports into different languages

Radiology practice will pay $350,000 for allegedly violating HIPAA Rule prior to cyberattack