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.

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Ultrasound-based, teleradiology-backed breast cancer screening program holds promise

China has faced significant challenges improving breast cancer surveillance, including radiologist shortages and poor-quality screening methods, experts wrote in AJR. 

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Radiology data sharing vendor Enlitic completes $5M acquisition of imaging IT pioneer

The Fort Collins, Colorado-based company has purchased all shares of Laitek Inc., a major provider of medical imaging data migration and routing services in the U.S. 

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Radiology practice must pay $1.85M to settle class action lawsuit stemming from cyberattack

East River Medical Imaging PC experienced the data breach sometime between August and September 2023, with over 533,000 individuals potentially impacted. 

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Hands-free, generative AI system reduces radiologists' time spent creating reports

"Application of these technologies represents potential areas to combat burnout," researchers wrote recently in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

Factors that fuel patients’ failure to follow-up after ‘probably benign’ breast findings

Age, race, whether they underwent MRI or ultrasound, insurance coverage, and other factors correlated with patients no-showing following a BI-RADS 3 designation. 

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Sectra earns $353M enterprise imaging contract amid legal challenge

Quebec-headquartered imaging solutions provider Christie Innomed is fighting the deal in court, claiming the bidding process was unfair. 

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American College of Radiology strongly opposes 1 aspect of new HHS info-blocking rule

On Aug. 5, the Health and Human Services Office of the National Coordinator released the proposed rule, amending regulations issued under the 21st Century Cures Act. 

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Referring providers share preferences for radiology report templates

New research suggests that there might not be a straightforward answer to questions related to which type of reporting method is ideal. 

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‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.