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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Informatics consults connect providers to clinical evidence, thorough analysis

Healthcare providers often need a lot of information in very little time, making it hard to provide value-based care to their patients. One potential solution to such scenarios, according to a new analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, is an informatics consult.

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Lung-RADS provides radiologists performing LDCT with consistency, fewer false positives

To ensure structured reporting for the clinical reporting of lung cancer screening with low-dose CT (LDCT), the American College of Radiology (ACR) introduced the Lung CT Screening Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS).

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Do interventional radiologists prefer structured or free-text reports?

Using structured reports in interventional radiology (IR) is preferred by radiologists and referring physicians, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

Carestream’s Successful R&D Efforts Earn 36 US Patents In 2017; 43 Additional Patents in Other Countries

Company Developing Innovative New Technologies for Medical and Healthcare IT Systems

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When providers in the same system share radiology reports with EHRs, patients benefit

Healthcare providers are being asked more and more to share diagnostic data through electronic health records (EHRs), but what kind of impact can that have on patient outcomes?

Radiologist allegedly threatens patients to cough up cash for rad reports

Tennessee-based radiologist Mark Winters closed the doors to his imaging facility, Digital Diagnostics, and allegedly threatened patients to pay extra money to “maintain” their imaging reports.

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Radiology-pathology report pairing system works wonders for radiologists

Radiology-pathology report pairing can provide potential opportunities for learning and improved accuracy when matched by organ systems, according to a new article published in Academic Radiology.

Computer glitch causes radiology department nightmare

Thousands of ultrasound reports have been affected by a glitch in an automatic computer system feed meant to send the reports to physicians at B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada.

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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.