I'm a big trend watcher - whether it's technology, finance or fashion. For this month's cover story, we polled our readers (thanks to the hundreds who chimed in!) to determine technology priorities and thus the industry's "Top 10 Trends." I don't want to give it all away (even though you've already seen the Top Trends on the cover) - but multislice CT, for sure, is the center of our universe.
As you'll see from the charts, we've broken the Top Trends down further to facility type and size - such as small, medium and large hospitals and imaging centers - and it's interesting to see how they break down by job title, too. Increasing imaging procedure volume tops the lists of hospital executives and administrators as well as radiology administrators and business managers. Improving department workflow is most important to CIOs and VPs of information systems and chiefs and directors of radiology, while PACS administrators have network security tops on their minds.
Hospital executives and administrators - as well as radiology administrators and business managers - see improving department workflow and buying a multislice scanner as their No. 2 and 3 trends. CIOs and VPs of information systems are concentrating next on network security and increasing imaging procedure volume. Chiefs and directors of radiology put increasing imaging procedure volume and buying a multislice CT scanner as Nos. 2 and 3, while PACS administrators have their sights set next on managing multislice CT images and improving department workflow. (For a full listing of the Top Trends charts by title, see the chart below.)
The planets are aligning around CT again in this issue in Taming the Torrent of Multislice Images: Tips to Speed CT Workflow. I guess trends do have that way of continuing to pop up.
Happy holidays from the staff of Health Imaging & IT - and peace to you and yours in 2006!
| Top Trends by Job Title |
Hospital CEO/CFO/COO/Administrator
CIO/VP of Information Systems
Chief/Director of Radiology
Radiology Administrator/Business Manager
PACS Administrator
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Mary joined TriMed Media in 2003. She was the founding editor and editorial director of Health Imaging, Cardiovascular Business, Molecular Imaging Insight and CMIO, now known as Clinical Innovation + Technology. Prior to TriMed, Mary was the editorial director of HealthTech Publishing Company, where she had worked since 1991. While there, she oversaw four magazines and related online media, and piloted the launch of two magazines and websites. Mary holds a master’s in journalism from Syracuse University. She lives in East Greenwich, R.I., and when not working, she is usually running around after her family, taking photos or cooking.