Imaging Informatics

Imaging informatics (also known as radiology informatics, a component of wider medical or healthcare informatics) includes systems to transfer images and radiology data between radiologists, referring physicians, patients and the entire enterprise. This includes picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), wider enterprise image systems, radiology information. systems (RIS), connections to share data with the electronic medical record (EMR), and software to enable advanced visualization, reporting, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, exam ordering, clinical decision support, dictation, and remote image sharing and viewing systems.

Sectra enterprise imaging one cloud PACS

Radiology IT vendor Sectra inks $227M contract with large US health system

The Linköping, Sweden-based company did not name the customer, but said the hospital group serves a “multi-million strong” patient community. 

August 16, 2023

Sectra signs enterprise imaging contract with one of the larger multi-region healthcare systems in the US

Sectra will, as the sole imaging IT provider, oversee and deliver the end-to-end infrastructure through a turnkey, fully managed SaaS agreement.

August 16, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been one of the biggest stories in healthcare for years, but many clinicians still remain unsure about how, exactly, they should be using AI to help their patients. A new analysis in European Heart Journal explored that exact issue, providing cardiology professionals with a step-by-step breakdown of how to get the most out of this potentially game-changing technology.

New scoring systems help grade the accuracy of AI-generated radiology reports

Health systems need to trust that artificial intelligence-based reports are accurate and complete. 

August 4, 2023
radiology reporting EHR health record CDS AUC

Rad Partners details how it is ‘revolutionizing’ radiology reports

The El Segundo, California-based practice’s Clinical Value Team surveyed nearly 600 physicians, gathering feedback on what they desire in imaging results. 

August 2, 2023
Sanjog Misra

RadNet bolsters C-suite, hiring 2 executives from Philips to fuel growth initiatives

The Los Angeles-based imaging center operator believes its expanding management team is "indicative of strong momentum" within RadNet's business lines. 

July 31, 2023
Cloud imaging

Big Tech player dives deep into medical imaging with ‘purpose-built’ service

The world’s most popular supplier of cloud services has become a dedicated radiology vendor.

July 31, 2023
radiology trends lungs imaging graphs

AI boosts value of CT lung cancer screening by helping predict death from other diseases

Experts see great promise for improving population health outcomes with such opportunistic screening via low-dose CT, according to a study published in Radiology

July 26, 2023
#CTA #acuteischemicstroke #AIS #radiomics

Evidence supporting use of radiomics is 'insufficient' and 'weak,' according to new meta-analysis

Although the predictive power of radiomics has been touted as a tool that could improve patient outcomes, the method has a long way to go before it can be reliably introduced into real-world clinical environments.

July 24, 2023