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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Carestream takes home ‘Best in KLAS’ in 2 categories

Carestream Health announced Thursday, Jan. 31, that its solutions have been named ‘Best in KLAS’ in two different categories.

CDS implementation could impact as many as 19 million ED visits annually

How will the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) of 2014 impact emergency department (ED) care in 2020 and beyond? That’s precisely what the authors of a new study published in Radiology wanted to find out.

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Providers share their own experience building structured radiology report templates

Structured report templates are growing in popularity, but creating those templates and implementing them in a health system requires a significant amount of time and effort. After leading such an effort at their own system, a group of specialists wrote about the experience in a new analysis published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Structured reporting system earns rave reviews from radiologists, referring providers

The use of a structured template for brain tumor imaging can improve how radiologists and ordering physicians view radiology reports, according to new research published in Academic Radiology.

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Surgeon accidentally removes woman's kidney, blames missing radiology results

A Florida-based surgeon must pay a $3,000 fine for removing a woman’s kidney because he thought it was a cancerous mass. The surgeon has pointed out that the patient's radiology results were not at the hospital at the time of the surgery.

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How AI can help extract follow-up recommendations from radiology reports

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help providers identify follow-up recommendations in radiology reports, according to new research published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Inconsistent imaging: CT radiation doses vary around the world

CT protocols and radiation doses vary significantly across different countries, according to a new study published in the BMJ. The authors added, however, that developing a consistent standard “should be possible.”

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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.