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.

New teleradiology solution promises to streamline enterprise imaging operations
Konica Minolta and NewVue announced their collaboration on cloud-based Exa Teleradiology earlier this week.
HHS penalizes imaging provider for allegedly violating patient privacy laws
San Jose, California-based Vision Upright MRI allegedly failed to properly assess potential cybersecurity threats and did not notify patients in a timely fashion.
Radiology group says reporting backlogs climbing to 'worst on record'
The organization cautioned that continuing to outsource exams to teleradiology providers is becoming “financially unsustainable.”
Fine-tuned LLMs show great promise for spotting radiology report errors
Report errors can result in incorrect or delayed diagnoses and significantly impact disease management.
Trauma protocol halves the time it takes to get hemorrhage patients in the IR suite
Interventional radiologists play a crucial role in stopping or controlling bleeding in these patients, but their effectiveness is often hindered by time.

AGFA HealthCare's enterprise imaging solutions set for significant expansion following new partnership

AGFA is partnering with Europe's Alliance Medical to implement its cloud-based solutions across all of the imaging provider’s 120 sites throughout the UK.

Large language models make radiology reports more patient friendly

New research analyzes the effectiveness of AI-generated reports in simplifying radiologists’ imaging interpretations into more easily understandable language, as judged by nonphysicians.

EHR interventions increase lung cancer screening by 30% but still leave over half of patients behind

Although CT lung cancer screening is known to improve detection rates and health outcomes, compliance among eligible patients remains lackluster.

Why practices might want to think twice before using ChatGPT to create patient education materials

"The potential for disseminating inaccurate information and the occurrence of 'hallucinations'—responses that are generated without grounding in factual data—are significant concerns,” authors of a new analysis warn.

A swarm of healthcare orgs are turning to the cloud for their radiology needs

A new KLAS report highlights providers’ imaging needs related to the cloud, strategies for implementation, perceptions of imaging vendors’ cloud solutions, and more.

RSNA and ACR partner to help patients better understand their radiology reports

The new series touches on topics like the basics of reading reports, information on BI-RADS and LI-RADS, how to digest data specific to various anatomy, and more.

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Radiology providers not responsible for breach notifications after Change cyberattack, HHS says

OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer emphasized that patients impacted by the incident “must be notified that their protected health information was breached.”

Primary care docs lack trust in AI, making it unlikely they'll invest in applications, new survey says

Despite the opportunistic screening capabilities afforded by artificial intelligence applications, primary care providers are hesitant to embrace the technology.

Enterprise Imaging

New teleradiology solution promises to streamline enterprise imaging operations

HHS penalizes imaging provider for allegedly violating patient privacy laws

Radiology group says reporting backlogs climbing to 'worst on record'

Fine-tuned LLMs show great promise for spotting radiology report errors

Trauma protocol halves the time it takes to get hemorrhage patients in the IR suite