Decoding the Alphabet Soup: Whirlwind Tour of RSNA Informatics Projects, Nov. 28, 12:30pm-2:00pm

An expert panel reviews RSNA informatics projects: Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), Medical Imaging Resource Center (MIRC) and RadLex. Panelists focus on the practical problems addressed by each project and the relationships among the various projects.

When: Monday, Nov. 28, 12:30-2:00
Where: S401AB

Speaker information:

David S. Mendelson, MD, chief of clinical informatics at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City
Adam E. Flanders, MD, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia
Daniel L. Rubin, MD, assistant professor of radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif.
Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, professor of radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Charles E. Kahn, MD, chief of radiology informatics at Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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