Enterprise Imaging

Enterprise imaging brings together all imaging exams, patient data and reports from across a healthcare system into one location to aid efficiency and economy of scale for data storage. This enables immediate access to images and reports any clinical user of the electronic medical record (EMR) across a healthcare system, regardless of location. Enterprise imaging (EI) systems replace the former system of using a variety of disparate, siloed picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS), and a variety of separate, dedicated workstations and logins to view or post-process different imaging modalities. Often these siloed systems cannot interoperate and cannot easily be connected. Web-based EI systems are becoming the standard across most healthcare systems to incorporate not only radiology, but also cardiology (CVIS), pathology and dozens of other departments to centralize all patient data into one cloud-based data storage and data management system.

Cloud-based collaboration platform Collective Minds Radiology raises $7.6M

The Sweden-based firm plans to accelerate the expansion of its commercial product, which also facilitates education, research and clinical consultation. 

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Radiology IT vendor Sectra inks $227M contract with large US health system

The Linköping, Sweden-based company did not name the customer, but said the hospital group serves a “multi-million strong” patient community. 

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New scoring systems help grade the accuracy of AI-generated radiology reports

Health systems need to trust that artificial intelligence-based reports are accurate and complete. 

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Rad Partners details how it is ‘revolutionizing’ radiology reports

The El Segundo, California-based practice’s Clinical Value Team surveyed nearly 600 physicians, gathering feedback on what they desire in imaging results. 

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RadNet bolsters C-suite, hiring 2 executives from Philips to fuel growth initiatives

The Los Angeles-based imaging center operator believes its expanding management team is "indicative of strong momentum" within RadNet's business lines. 

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70-year-old radiology practice suffers cyberattack

Cheyenne Radiology Group said the incident may have resulted in the inadvertent exposure of patients’ personal information. 

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AI boosts value of CT lung cancer screening by helping predict death from other diseases

Experts see great promise for improving population health outcomes with such opportunistic screening via low-dose CT, according to a study published in Radiology

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AI and medical imaging data firm Flywheel raises $54M in series D financing

Bayer AG's former CEO is joining the startup's board, expressing excitement about the prospect of using the platform to develop new drugs.

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