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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McKesson Radiology Mammography Plus: The solution that adapts, so you don’t have to

McKesson

When radiologists use a new platform or workstation for the first time, there is often an adjustment period. The radiologist has to take it on a “test drive” of sorts, seeing how certain functions are carried out and learn how to get the most out of the technology.

Cerebral microbleeds in MS, CIS patients associated with greater disability

Multiple sclerosis (MS) and clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) are likelier to have cognitive and physical disabilities associated with their diseases if they also show a stronger presence of cerebral microbleeds, according to a new study in the journal Radiology. 

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Q&A with David S. Channin MD: How to Make PACS Patient Centered

Sponsored by Konica Minolta

As healthcare takes steps toward the Affordable Care Act’s mandate for patient centricity, information technology also has some ground to traverse.

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Enterprise Imaging Roundtable: Goals and Strategy

Four leaders in imaging informatics discuss enterprise imaging goals and strategies at their respective institutions.

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How well does Sectra PACS play with other vendors’ products? The imaging A-team in Albuquerque says quite well

Sponsored by Sectra

When X-Ray Associates of New Mexico went live with a new RIS in mid-April, Vice President and COO Sagit Frasier was anxious, but optimistic.

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Dotting the i's and crossing the t's: Improving the quality of RIS information

When patient information transcribed into a facility’s radiology information system (RIS) is inaccurate or incomplete, it can have a negative impact on both patient care and workflow. According to a recent study, institutions can significantly improve the quality of information provided to radiologists on image requisitions through education and the implementation of a thorough checklist.

Direct Radiology Reports Year-Over-Year Growth as Company Celebrates Fifth Year in Business

COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO – Direct Radiology, a leading provider of teleradiology solutions to radiologists and radiology groups throughout the United States, today announced company growth statistics including new site go-lives, caseload volume and company employment growth. This growth comes as the company celebrates its fifth year in business.

Visage Leads with Enterprise Imaging at ACR 2016

SAN DIEGO, CA, May 5, 2016 − Visage Imaging Inc. (“Visage”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Ltd. (ASX: PME), has announced they will be exhibiting at the American College of Radiology 2016 Annual Meeting (ACR 2016, Washington, DC, May 16-17, Booth #105/204), demonstrating the latest release of the Visage® 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform.

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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.