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.

Rad Partners commercializes teleradiology platform pioneered by acquired company vRad
The product is a fully integrated, artificial intelligence-enabled technology tool, providing real-time analytics to interested outside radiology groups.
FDA grants De Novo marketing authorization for at-home prenatal ultrasound
Women's health experts are calling the approval a "long-awaited leap forward" for obstetrical care.
FDA clears new cloud-native advanced imaging suite
The product will become available to certain users as early as next week, according to a news release on its recent approval.
Over half of emergency CT requests are considered 'inadequate'
Up to 72% of CT requisitions from ED providers could be considered inadequate according to RI-RADS, which was developed to evaluate the clinical reasoning quality of imaging orders.
Radiology experts advocate against purging decade-old imaging data
Researchers with the University of Virginia recently aimed to answer this question, sharing their findings in the Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine.

Compared with clinician notes, EHR-based imaging orders are incomplete

Patient information in imaging orders sent via electronic health records (EHRs) is less complete and less reliable than that found in physician notes on the same patient in the same EHR.

MGH imaging lab enters partnership to research blockchain use for patient data

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston is diving straight into the hype of blockchain by collaborating with Korean blockchain startup MediBloc to improve the health system’s patient data sharing and storage capabilities, according to a report published Dec. 5 by CoinDesk.

Radiology uses telemedicine more than any other specialty, AMA survey finds

Radiology has the highest use of telemedicine for patient interactions than any other medical specialty, according to results from a nationally representative survey published in the December issue of Health Affairs by the American Medical Association (AMA).

Can using radiomics during screening mammography improve breast cancer diagnosis?

By using radiomics, Chinese researchers found that the diagnostic performance of mammography could improve and offer complementary information to radiologists regarding benign and malignant breast tumors, as reported in the Journal of the American College of Radiology on Dec. 5.

Should the language used in radiology reports be standardized?

As radiologists continue to emphasize demonstrating their value to patient care, there has been a push to standardize the language used in radiology reports. According to a new commentary published in Academic Radiology, however, those in favor of such a shift could end up regretting it.

RSNA 2018: 4 ways radiology departments are preparing for big data

Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data can help radiologists provide better care while reducing costs, but a majority of institutions lack the infrastructure to optimally consume and utilize these technologies, said Paul Chang, MD, of the University of Chicago, during RSNA's 2018 Annual Meeting.

CDS-generated report cards help reduce imaging orders for lower back pain

Using clinical decision support (CDS) to send primary care providers (PCPs) personalized report cards evaluating their ordering decisions can reduce outpatient lumbar spine (LS) MRI orders for lower back pain (LBP), according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Radiologists inconsistent with how they convey diagnostic certainty

Diagnostic certainty phrases (DCPs) are common in radiology reports, helping the radiologist convey certainty in an imaging finding or its clinical significance. According to a new study published in Academic Radiology, however, radiologists use a wide variety of DCPs, and reducing this variation could improve the overall quality of radiology reports.

Enterprise Imaging

Rad Partners commercializes teleradiology platform pioneered by acquired company vRad

FDA grants De Novo marketing authorization for at-home prenatal ultrasound

FDA clears new cloud-native advanced imaging suite

Over half of emergency CT requests are considered 'inadequate'

Radiology experts advocate against purging decade-old imaging data