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.

Big-name technology company leaders urge radiologists to ‘Ditch the Disk’

Imaging physicians working in the tech space are joining the bandwagon to urge their peers to say goodbye to CDs. 

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Virtual Hearts in Actual Hands: Medical 3D Printing Polishes Its Act for Prime Time

Notwithstanding the hopes and fears around AI, medical 3D printing is the emerging technology that could help pull radiology into the realm of the indispensable. Thanks to progress toward permanent billing codes, the future of reimbursable 3D printing is taking shape.

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‘It’s a nightmare’: Frustrations simmer among providers attempting to access outside imaging exams

In a recent survey, researchers found that physicians see high clinical value in outside imaging studies, but gaining access is often a “cumbersome" and "frustrating" chore. 

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Fujifilm, Philips and Sectra earn 2020 ‘Best in KLAS’ imaging honors

The Utah-based research firm recently recognized a slew of vendors, based on what it learned from thousands of interviews with healthcare providers and payers. 

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Senator demands answers after ‘outrageous’ online exposure of medical images

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., recently spelled out his concerns in a sharply worded letter to the Defense Health Agency.

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Radiology hacking experts offer 3 steps for physicians to cybersecure their practices

A blue-ribbon panel of gurus recently shared their advice in an article set to be published in April’s American Journal of Roentgenology

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How one radiology practice dove into the big-data revolution, bolstered productivity by 10%

Advanced Radiology Services has built a data warehouse internally that’s transforming the way its clinicians tackle problems. 

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Radiology reports must evolve to serve patient audience, expert asserts

Michigan Medicine's Vivek Kalia, MD, recently made this call to action to his peers in a new Academic Radiology editorial. 

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.