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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Ergonomic improvements boost radiologist well-being while decreasing repetitive stress injuries

Simple changes, such as replacing busted chairs or utilizing comfier mouse pads, have produced marked gains for one imaging department, according to new survey data.

Hyperfine doling out thousands of free brain MRIs, RSNA21’s final tallies, plus more vendor news

Also, Royal Philips expands through acquisition, U.K. antitrust regulators investigating Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance, and Fujifilm installs an MRI scanner in an NFL stadium. 

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Structured reporting not significantly associated with receiving proper incidental lung nodule follow-up

Younger age, white race, outpatient care delivery and larger nodule size did, however, correlate with appropriate follow-up imaging, according to new research.

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Poor oversight of resident physicians contributed to deadly lung cancer diagnosis delay, OIG says

A urology resident requested CT surveillance of one patient's abdomen and pelvis within 90 days, but it ended up taking nearly twice as long. 

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Final rule quashes copyright concern, allowing owners to repair their imaging devices

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance, representing equipment manufacturers, slammed the Copyright Office Registrar’s recommendations. 

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Intelerad acquiring Ambra Health, forming $1.7B enterprise-imaging and PACS powerhouse

Together they'll read more than 130 million exams annually and serve 2,000 customers including the 10 top U.S. hospitals, the two said. 

6 steps for seamlessly integrating an artificial intelligence solution into daily clinical practice

University Hospitals recently finished implementing a novel algorithm for detecting pneumothorax, sharing its early lessons learned in the Journal of the American College of Radiology

Wearing a face mask may increase dictation errors in radiology reports

The difference when using speech-recognition software may be accentuated in certain groups of radiologists, UNC researchers detailed in the Journal of Digital Imaging.

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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.