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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Referring clinicians prefer structured radiology reports over prose reports

Referring clinicians of all experience levels find structured radiology reports to have better readability and better clinical utility than traditional prose reports, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Digital tool could decrease reporting variance among radiologists

A computer-based reporting tool could be reducing report variation among radiologists, according to data published this month in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Radiology in Rio: Evaluating medical imaging’s role at the 2016 Summer Olympics

With the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, holding its closing ceremony on Feb. 25, researchers are now sharing an investigation of imaging-depicted sports-related injuries that took place during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The group published its full findings in Radiology.

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Team tracks timely CT workflow in acute stroke patients

Timely CT scans are a crucial component of a stroke patient’s immediate treatment plan, and researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have devised a method for tracking efficiency in institutions nationwide.

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The elusive economics of enterprise imaging

What should radiology be expending, in manpower as well as money, to help make medical imaging accessible to and from every clinical department? And what’s in enterprise imaging for radiology, anyway?

Radiologists say report automation saves time, improves accuracy, reduces fatigue

Most radiologists believe report automation has a significant impact on the quality of their radiology reports, according to a new study published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. Automation has become more common, the authors explained, due to more radiology departments going “all-digital” and the integration of RIS, PACS and reporting systems.

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Protecting patients in the age of big data, AI: 3 things radiologists should consider

As radiology continues to embrace big data and artificial intelligence (AI), specialists can’t forget that they are still responsible for the safety and well-being of their patients, according to a new analysis published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

lifeIMAGE Launches Clinical Connector, Increasing Healthcare Interoperability to Benefit Patients, Hospitals and Radiologists

Advanced vendor-neutral and standards-based application enables access to clinical information and medical images to create a connected view of patient information

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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.