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.

Carestream’s Vue PACS with advanced features to support highly specialized care at Johns Hopkins Health System

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 23 — The Johns Hopkins Health System (Baltimore, Md.) has purchased Carestream Health’s Vue PACS which offers innovative radiology features that can further enhance the organization’s ability to help deliver exceptional medical services for patients with a wide range of diseases.

Radiology of Associates Tallahassee Automates Teleradiology workflow with RamSoft PowerServer PACS

April 8, 2014 – Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1961 by Drs D.J. McCulloh and W.F. Lindsey, Radiology Associates of Tallahassee has been serving Tallahassee and surrounding areas for the past 50 years. They have 17 Board certified radiologists on staff with sub-specialties in all areas of diagnostic and interventional radiology for a combined total of over 250 years of experience in Tallahassee. They were seeking a solution to automate their teleradiology business and selected PowerServer PACS for its breadth of functionality and ability to expand to their future business needs. 

Major Hospital Purchases Carestream’s Vue PACS Upgrade, Vue Motion Image Viewer and Lesion Management Module

Latest PACS Platform Also Offers Ability to Integrate Mammography Into General Radiology Workflow     ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 10 — Major Hospital (Shelbyville, Ind.), purchased and installed an upgrade to the newest CARESTREAM Vue PACS to benefit from advanced features and options that include Carestream’s Vue Motion image viewer, lesion management application and a mammography module that will integrate mammography exams into the general radiology reading workflow. 

RamSoft Expands PowerServer RIS/PACS/MU Customer Base in California

RamSoft, a developer of RIS, PACS, and Teleradiology workflow solutions, adds Stockdale Radiology to its roster of clients. Founded by Drs. David Suadi and Gabriel Gelves, Stockdale Radiology is a brand new, state-of-the-art imaging center in Bakersfield, CA offering advanced imaging services to the Central Valley. They selected PowerServer RIS/PACS/MU to manage their workflow and to collect the data required for Meaningful Use Attestation.

Trend Toward Regional and National Installations Will Cause Shifts in European PACS, RIS and CVIS Market Shares

Vendors Will Engage in Aggressive Price Competition to Win Public Tenders, According to Findings from Decision Resources Group BURLINGTON, Mass., Feb. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources Group finds that expansion of the European market for picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS) and cardiovascular information systems (CVIS) will be hindered by the debt crisis and radiology cuts in the region. The resulting budget constraints have led to deferred purchases of new and replacement PACS, RIS and CVIS for many countries in 2013, as well as the cancellation of a significant number of public tenders for these systems, particularly in the more severely affected markets in Italy and Spain.

Viztek sees impressive 45% year-over-year revenue growth

February 5, 2014 (HIMSS Booth #4388) – Raleigh, NC - Viztek, the leading provider of complete digital software and hardware diagnostic imaging solutions, today announced 45 percent year-over-year revenue growth from the 2011-2013 calendar years. Strong DR and PACS sales supported this, with 20 percent growth in DR, and 15 percent growth in software. The PACS replacement market was particularly strong for the company, with 75 replacements in 2013, a year when Viztek also saw a significant jump in its customer base of hospitals with more than 200 beds.

Global PACS, RIS & CVIS Markets to Exceed $4.5 Billion by 2016

InMedica forecasts the world market for PACS, RIS, and CVIS to grow by more than $1 billion over the next 5 years.

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If Clinically Indicated, Clinically Correlate

Radiologists are clinicians consultants. We direct clinical management based on our expert interpretation of patient images. Yet, in many cases, radiology reports may not reflect our clinical expertise. Common problems include overuse of vague terminology and omission of the impression. Addressing these flaws can go a long way toward meeting clinicians needs and improving patient care.

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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."

The new images were captured at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility using hierarchical phase-contrast tomography. One specialist called them "Google Earth for the human heart." 

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