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.

Update on radiology report access under new info-blocking rules ‘muddies’ prior clarity, ACR says

The college noted it's unclear how HHS plans to enforce their "controversial clarification."

March 25, 2021

How one large care network slashed imaging costs by $3M with a simple radiology dashboard

When armed with transparent radiology utilization data, primary care providers compared themselves with peers and changed their ordering habits, according to a new report published in JACR.

March 19, 2021
Vaccine

Enterprise imaging firm releasing tool to help radiologists manage vaccine side effects on mammograms

The add-on notifies scheduling and front desk staff if a patient has been vaccinated and alerts rads of potential false-positive lymph node issues.

March 16, 2021
Radiology Imaging

Providers ordering high-cost imaging see appropriateness scores rise with widely-used support tool

A Stanford University-led team pored over more than 7 million exam requests from upward of 244,000 physicians for their findings, shared in the Journal of Digital Imaging.

February 26, 2021
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The Path to Digital Pathology: IT-enabling Image and Report Access across the Enterprise

Sponsored by Sectra

A vision starts with a need, quickly followed by a question—how can we accomplish it? At Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York, the vision to initiate digital pathology coupled with fully integrating radiology and digital pathology images in one enterprise imaging (EI) system started seven years ago. They went live in February—the first U.S. installation of Sectra’s Digital Pathology Solution at the No. 1 orthopedic hospital in the country, 10 years running.

February 26, 2021

Radiology practices can’t fully prevent cyberattacks, but must be ready when the lights go out

The ACR detailed how radiologists can prepare to keep patient care operational after an attack in a deep-dive report published last week. 

February 25, 2021

75% of imaging requests fall short of RI-RADS quality standards, new evidence shows

Dutch doctors graded more than 650 radiology exams at their care center, labeling 20% as "deficient requests."

February 25, 2021
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How one hospital bolstered incidental lung nodule follow-ups with enhanced reporting, patient tracking

Timely follow-up imaging increased from 46% before the intervention to 55% afterward, cardiothoracic radiologists reported in JACR.

February 17, 2021

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Automated AI-generated measurements combined with annotated CT images can improve treatment planning and help referring physicians and patients better understand their disease, explained Sarah Jane Rinehart, MD, director of cardiac imaging with Charleston Area Medical Center.

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. 

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