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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Significant disparities exist in utilization of self-scheduling radiology exams, research shows

Researchers revealed that less than 1% of more than 46,000 patients took advantage of online self-scheduling tools.

April 15, 2022
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Lack of diverse datasets in AI research puts patients at risk, experts suggest

Homogenous datasets can create unintended research bias that hinders the clinical efficacy of AI applications, experts recently explained in PLOS Digital Health.

April 11, 2022
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Researchers cite safety concerns after uncovering 'harmful behavior' of fracture-detecting AI model

A study in Lancet Digital Health reports that a previously validated, high performing AI model committed troublesome errors when confronted with atypical anatomy.

April 7, 2022
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AI software that triages x-rays for pneumothorax receives FDA clearance

The new algorithm flags chest x-rays when it detects pneumothorax and notifies physicians of any suspicious findings.

March 30, 2022
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AI assists radiologists in detecting fractures, improves workflow

Research published recently in Radiology found comparable sensitivity and specificity between artificial intelligence and clinicians for fracture detection. 

March 29, 2022
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Misuse of public imaging data is producing 'overly optimistic' results in machine learning research

 "This research aims to raise a red flag regarding naive off-label usage of open-access data in the development of machine-learning algorithms," experts involved in the study said.

March 23, 2022

What impact do clinical histories have on radiologists' diagnostic performance?

The availability of clinical histories is beneficial to radiologists but has previously been shown to create bias and increase false positives in some cases.

March 22, 2022
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This Is Enterprise Imaging

Sponsored by Sectra

First there was PACS: picture archiving and communications systems. Over the last decade, as managing medical imaging has expanded far beyond radiology, enterprise imaging was born. But what is enterprise imaging in its best form?

March 7, 2022

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Two advanced algorithms—one for CAC scores and another for segmenting cardiac chamber volumes—outperformed radiologists when assessing low-dose chest CT scans. 

"Gen AI can help tackle repetitive tasks and provide insights into massive datasets, saving valuable time," Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said Tuesday. 

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

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