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.

Radiology practice network LucidHealth signs $25M deal with vendor Visage Imaging
Under the agreement, the Columbus, Ohio, provider group will implement the cloud-based Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform across its organization.
Researchers overseas: ‘Radiology has become indispensable to dermatology’
Dermatologists increasingly rely on medical imaging modalities—especially but not solely ultrasound—to help diagnose complex and diverse skin disorders.
VI-RADS threshold, imaging features predict bladder cancer invasiveness with nearly 100% accuracy
New findings related to Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System scores and specific MRI findings could improve the management of bladder cancer.
Konica Minolta and ImagineSoftware partner to expand revenue cycle management offerings
Konica Minolta partnered with ImagineSoftware to integrate its AI-driven revenue cycle management platform into the Exa PACS-RIS solution.
Chinese hackers use malware disguised as imaging viewers to steal patient data
The software has been primarily disguised as Philips’ DICOM MediaViewerLauncher.exe—a trusted program that enables patients to view their medical imaging on their own personal servers.

Radiology disrupter Nanox collects $20M from South Korean telecom giant, eyeing 5G imaging

This is in addition to SK’s previous contribution of $5 million and balloons the Israeli system-maker’s fundraising total to $80 million from the likes of Fujifilm and Foxconn

San Francisco startup dealing in cloud-based AI imaging technology raises $28M

Arterys announced the capital infusion on May 29, with the lion’s share of funding coming from Benslie Investment Group and Temasek Holdings.

As COVID-19 approached one large health system it quickly installed at-home PACS workstations—here’s how

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System's Department of Radiology outfitted many of its rads with remote reading in order to promote social distancing, sharing their experience in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Lessons learned after radiology department systematically reschedules 30,000 imaging studies

Clear communication has proven crucial and that will only continue as UC Health looks to recover, experts wrote in JACR.

One of the country’s top health information exchanges adds image-sharing capabilities

The more than 19,000 users of the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization can now quickly share images, regardless of provider or electronic health record.

Teleradiology adoption spiked during COVID-19 and is likely to continue

A small survey found a majority of rad practices leveraged internal resources to complete outside exam interpretations and plan to continue to do so after the pandemic.

Patient-centered care may require radiologists embrace structured, easy-to-read reporting

Volunteers of an online survey prefer structured chest radiograph reports with less jargony language, and radiologists should take note, experts said in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Radiology interest groups urge Congress to delay implementation of imaging appropriate-use criteria

Several imaging industry lobbying groups are continuing to press national lawmakers to provide relief for radiology practices hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Enterprise Imaging

Radiology practice network LucidHealth signs $25M deal with vendor Visage Imaging

Researchers overseas: ‘Radiology has become indispensable to dermatology’

VI-RADS threshold, imaging features predict bladder cancer invasiveness with nearly 100% accuracy

Konica Minolta and ImagineSoftware partner to expand revenue cycle management offerings

Chinese hackers use malware disguised as imaging viewers to steal patient data