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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From efficiency to value: The re-optimized radiology reading platform

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

Riverside Radiology and Interventional Associates (RRIA), Columbus, Ohio, was an early pioneer in the transition from analog to digital radiology, and radiologist Peter Lafferty, MD, vividly recalls his first encounter with the interpretation of digital images in the late ‘90s.

AHRA: Imaging CDS has powerful potential, but questions remain

Ordering advanced imaging with clinical decision support (CDS) can save both time and money, but many of the details on how it will work are still unknown, according to a presentation earlier this week at the AHRA 2015 Annual Meeting in Las Vegas.

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RBMA in favor of updated PACS value

The Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) issued a statement Friday saying it “recognizes and appreciates” a significant change CMS made in the 2016 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule. 

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Infographic: 5 ways patients can use their medical records to the fullest

A recent Wall-Street Journal article provided readers with a helpful list of ways to take control of their medical records. Take a look at the infographic below, and share it with your patients. 

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Coming together: How one practice boosted efficiency by moving away from dedicated mammography workstations

McKesson

When working at a high volume breast imaging provider, radiologists can’t afford speed bumps. But hiccups in workflow are inevitable when a radiologist is forced to constantly switch between different workstations, each with their own interfaces and controls.

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Consolidated rad-path reports are coming soon to a practice near you

Sponsored by vRad

Earlier this year vRad and San Diego-based XIFIN (pronounced zy-fin) began closely collaborating on an online workflow that will offer referring physicians a one-stop fusion of all diagnostic reports—from radiology, pathology and clinical labs.

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Breast Tomosynthesis: Scientific Evidence, Clinical Experience & Improving Image Workflow

Sponsored by Sectra

Watch this free webinar with Q&A, featuring Dr. Donna Plecha, Director, Breast Imaging, Mammography and Beverly Rosipko, Radiology PACS Manager of University Hospitals.

Agfa HealthCare receives FDA 510(k) clearance for XERO® Viewer Full Fidelity mobile diagnostic viewing

Agfa HealthCare announces today that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for diagnostic viewing with the XERO Viewer.

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.