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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How radiologists studying health disparities can find the data they need

Research into health disparities has seen significant growth in the last few decades, and academic radiologists have been a part of that trend. But how can these specialists track disparities in imaging utilization if they don’t have the right data?

Researchers use 3D images of fats cells to combat obesity

Using a 3D imaging system, researchers from Rockefeller University’s Laboratory of Molecular Metabolism in New York are fighting obesity.

ACR data shows pediatric body CT exams on the rise

Pediatric body CT exams are on the rise in the United States, especially among older children, according to a new analysis of data from the American College of Radiology (ACR) CT Dose Index Registry (DIR). The authors used the data to break down various demographics of common pediatric body CT exams, publishing their findings in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Radiology lab loses hard drive with 9K medical records

Charles River Medical Associates in Framingham, Massachusetts, lost a portable hard drive containing the personal information and images of more than 9,000 patients who have received a bone density scan in the past eight years.

Hitachi announces deal to acquire VidiStar

Hitachi Healthcare Americas, a Twinsburg, Ohio-based wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire VidiStar, a healthcare technology company based out of Greenville, South Carolina.

4 helpful tips for providing more patient-centered care in radiology

It is increasingly important for radiologists to provide care centered on patients and their families. In an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, numerous specialists discussed their perspectives on how to best provide patient- and family-centered care (PFCC).

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Lay-language glossaries help patients understand radiology reports

A lay-language glossary may help patients better understand their radiology reports, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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RSNA 2017: 3 tips for writing efficient, effective radiology reports

The radiology report is undoubtedly the most important work product submitted by radiologists.

Around the web

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.