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.

Amy Thompson, Signify Research, explains key observations in the teleradiology market at RSNA 2023, including the in creasing use of cloud and AI.

Cloud and AI are key to teleradiology success in post-COVID resurgence, expert says

Increasing use of cloud and AI are among the trends observed by Amy Thompson, research manager for healthcare IT at the healthcare market analysis firm Signify Research, at RSNA 2023.

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Radiology practice experiences cyberattack impacting 569,000 patients

Chattanooga Imaging recently completed a forensic investigation and is analyzing the information, with plans to send personalized letters to those impacted. 
 

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Private equity firm HealthEdge invests in leading provider of teleradiology services

Radsource was founded in 2001 and employs 25 fellowship-trained radiologists, handling subspecialized orthopedic and neurological MRI interpretations. 

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RSNA-sponsored imaging informatics course returns for 2024

The National Imaging Informatics Course is designed for fourth-year radiology residents, but is also relevant to any mid- or senior-level professional working with image data.

Video interview with Merge healthcare's General Manager of Imaging Ashish Sant on key trends in radiology IT and AI workflow orchestration at RSNA 2023. #RSNA #HealthIT #enterpriseimaging #PACS HealthAI

Radiology staffing shortages increasing demand for AI and cloud

Ashish Sant, general manager for Imaging at Merge explains how imaging informatics can help mitigate the radiology staffing shortage.

Video of Isaac Zaworski, president of Sectra U.S.A. Inc, discussing trends in radiology informatics system at RSNA 2023. #enterpriseimaging #RSNA #Sectra #RSNA23 #RSNA2023 #HealthIT #cloudstorage #SaaS #radiology

Trends in radiology enterprise imaging systems

Isaac Zaworski, president of Sectra U.S.A., believes AI can help radiology providers overcome some of the biggest challenges plaguing the specialty. 

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American College of Radiology urges feds not to target physicians in enforcing info-blocking rule

HHS hopes to create new disincentives for providers who knowingly and unreasonably interfere with the exchange of health information. 

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Program for closing loop on follow-up imaging recommendations generates $1M in revenue, covers FTE costs

Such a "safety net" team also can help to reduce diagnostic errors due to missed and delayed diagnoses, Brigham and Women's experts detailed in JACR

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After reviewing years of data from its clinic, one institution discovered that issues with implant data integrity frequently put patients at risk. 

Prior to the final proposal’s release, the American College of Radiology reached out to CMS to offer its recommendations on payment rates for five out of the six the new codes.

“Before these CPT codes there was no real acknowledgment of the additional burden borne by the providers who accepted these patients."

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