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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Man vs. Machine artificial intelligence AI

Don’t depend on machine learning for diagnostic imaging support just yet, experts say

Radiologists should exercise caution when using artificial intelligence-aided CDS systems, as robust evidence is still lacking, researchers wrote in JAMA.

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‘Epidemic’ of free-text entry holding back radiology’s efforts to reduce inappropriate imaging

Structured orders allow clinical decision support systems to root out unnecessary exams, but they run into a roadblock when docs try to freestyle. 

Providers ordering high-cost imaging see appropriateness scores rise with widely-used support tool

A Stanford University-led team pored over more than 7 million exam requests from upward of 244,000 physicians for their findings, shared in the Journal of Digital Imaging.

The Path to Digital Pathology: IT-enabling Image and Report Access across the Enterprise

Sponsored by Sectra

A vision starts with a need, quickly followed by a question—how can we accomplish it? At Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York, the vision to initiate digital pathology coupled with fully integrating radiology and digital pathology images in one enterprise imaging (EI) system started seven years ago. They went live in February—the first U.S. installation of Sectra’s Digital Pathology Solution at the No. 1 orthopedic hospital in the country, 10 years running.

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Radiology practices can’t fully prevent cyberattacks, but must be ready when the lights go out

The ACR detailed how radiologists can prepare to keep patient care operational after an attack in a deep-dive report published last week. 

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75% of imaging requests fall short of RI-RADS quality standards, new evidence shows

Dutch doctors graded more than 650 radiology exams at their care center, labeling 20% as "deficient requests."

Hospital steers radiology patients elsewhere, switches to paper records following cyberattack

A staff radiologist recommended the redirect to ensure that no abnormalities were missed when analyzing high-definition images. 

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Radiologist logs 1.37 mouse miles and nearly 11,000 keystrokes during a single shift

The hefty totals underscore the need to simplify processes for physicians who are overburdened by complex PACS systems, imaging experts wrote in Radiology. 

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