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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Ditching paper for e-worklist translates to ‘substantially’ shorter wait times for breast imaging patients

Brigham and Women's recently started using an electronic health record-embedded tool, resulting in many improvements for preoperative breast localization procedures.

September 7, 2021

HHS announces webinar to help radiologists, other clinicians maneuver info-blocking rules

Presenters will highlight basic requirements and exceptions of the rules but are unlikely to discuss enforcement topics that have yet to be finalized.

August 26, 2021
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ACR TI-RADS recommends 25%-50% fewer biopsies than other commonly used thyroid systems

The results are particularly noteworthy given patients were chosen at random, rather than assessing recommendations for those with high-risk nodules.

August 20, 2021

CAD-RADS a ‘big step in the right direction’ toward improving outcomes for acute chest pain

Korean researchers tested the Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System in nearly 1,500 patients treated across four hospital emergency departments.

July 20, 2021
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Radiology reporting template bolsters follow-up care for incidental pancreatic findings

Patients with automatically flagged reports were more likely to be seen in a dedicated pancreas clinic and undergo additional imaging, experts explained in JACR.

July 19, 2021

Medical imaging group calls for PACS security checks amid threat 275M exams remain vulnerable

HHS recently warned some 130 healthcare organizations are running vulnerable systems, potentially exposing millions of patients to danger.

July 16, 2021

Radiologists utilize novel CAD-RADS in 95% of coronary CTA reports

Massachusetts General Hospital doctors analyzed Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System usage in their high-volume cardiac CT services center for the study.

July 7, 2021

HHS warns more than 275 million medical images are vulnerable due to unsecured PACS

Part of the problem also involves storing images via the DICOM format, which can be exploited to falsify scans, install malware and sabotage research.

July 2, 2021

Around the web

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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