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.

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Artificial intelligence pinpoints chest CT reports with incidental thyroid nodules requiring follow-up

However, extra work is needed to get physicians to close the care loop with ultrasound imaging, Duke experts noted.

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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. 

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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Radiology practice alerts state and customers after hackers target patient records

Sutter Buttes Imaging said that unauthorized individuals infiltrated its systems through an unspecified third-party IT infrastructure. 

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Radiology should consider ditching RVUs for a time-based productivity metric, study suggests

The current relative value unit system likely contributes to burnout because of its propensity to underestimate physicians' work effort, one expert wrote recently. 

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Analysis finds significant variation in radiologists’ follow-up recommendations for lung nodules

Such unwarranted fluctuations could have downstream implications affecting repeat imaging, medical costs and quality, Brigham and Women's experts noted.

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The all-in-one Omni Legend PET/CT scanner is now being manufactured in a new production facility in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

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