Supplemental breast cancer screening via ultrasound has many advantages compared to other modalities, but it has yet to reach its full potential, according to an opinion piece in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Intrinsic Imaging, an FDA audited, ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 13485:2003 certified, GAMP 5 compliant medical imaging core lab specializing in providing services for clinical trials, announced today that it has been awarded a clinical trial to study an interventional medical device designed for the prevention of pulmonary emboli.

An investigation by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has substantiated a number of allegations regarding appointment scheduling, staffing and other administrative issues leveled against the radiology department of the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix. 

Michael Trambert, MD, had long suspected the workflow reporting automation made possible by the tightly integrated PACS/RIS/VR solution used by the Santa Barbara Radiology Medical Group (SBRMC) was saving him about an hour each day. A two-pronged study1 presented at the recent meeting of the RSNA confirmed that the conjectured efficiencies were even greater than he thought—adding up to 75 minutes per day.

Databases, including that of a RIS, are fine for managing simple, linear workflows: Think scheduling, completing and interpreting exams. If you add in a step that makes things just a bit more complex—even something as seemingly basic as checking if the patient is in hospital or at home and needs an appointment reminder—then the works can quickly gum up.

The experiences of two of five conveners in the Medicare Imaging Demonstration indicate that the challenges of implementing decision support for radiology go well beyond the technical.

Radiology is an IT-intensive specialty, one that mandates an investment in information technology (IT)—and continuous updates— that is substantially greater than other medical specialties.

Radiology appears to have reached a tipping point in its adoption of cloud computing, with economic and availability issues sending many applications to the cloud.