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.

aycan added to NASA’s SEWP manufacturer list

aycan, a recognized worldwide leader in medical imaging, announced today that it is now listed as a manufacturer on NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) list through business partner and contract holder Alvarez & Associates.

Mach7 brings a new era of capabilities to the “A” and “C” in PACS

Mach7 Technologies, a global provider of enterprise image management systems and services, is helping healthcare institutions around the world easily identify, connect, and share diagnostic image and patient care intelligence where and when needed.

Personalized care from disease detection through treatment assessment enabled with GE Healthcare’s Discovery IQ

ST. LOUIS – June 9, 2014 – Today at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting, GE Healthcare introduced its Discovery* IQ^ PET/CT system enabling both outstanding image quality and intelligent quantitation, helping physicians to deliver the best possible patient outcomes.

GE Healthcare showcases commitment to personalized nuclear medicine with introduction of Discovery NM/CT 670 Pro and Q.Metrix

ST. LOUIS – June 10, 2014 – Nuclear medicine scanning will be enriched with the introduction of GE Healthcare’s Discovery*^ NM/CT 670 Pro, announced today at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting (SNMMI 2014). The vision of quantitative accuracy in nuclear medicine is enabled by Q.Metrix^ and Q.AC^, GE Healthcare’s newest software innovations in nuclear medicine.

LUMEDX and Scientific Software Solutions announce strategic partnership

OAKLAND, Calif., June 3, 2014 – LUMEDX Corporation, a leading provider of cloud-based cardiovascular imaging and information systems (CVIS), and Scientific Software Solutions, Inc., (SSS), maker of PedCathcongenital catheterization (cath) reporting software, announced today that they are partnering to create an innovative solution for congenital cardiac data and image management.

ScImage, Inc., awarded U.S. government’s DIN-PACS contract

Los Altos, CA – June 9, 2014 - ScImage, Inc., a leading provider of on premises, in the cloud or hybrid healthcare enterprise imaging and clinical workflow solutions has announced the U.S. government has awarded the company its DIN-PACS III (Digital Imaging Network/Picture Archiving and Communications System) contract. The contract continues for two years, worth a potential $45 million USD.

Diagnostic accuracy of displays unaffected by DICOM standard calibration

No significant differences were seen between the diagnostic accuracy in medical-grade gray scale displays and consumer-grade color displays with and without the calibration method established by the DICOM standard calibration method, according to a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

ASNC to Hold Nuclear Cardiology "Board Exam Preparation Course," July 2014

Bethesda, MD (June 3, 2014) The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) will be offering a Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam Preparation Course from July 11-13 at the Intercontinental Hotel Chicago O'hare in Rosemont, IL.

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The new technology shows early potential to make a significant impact on imaging workflows and patient care. 

Richard Heller III, MD, RSNA board member and senior VP of policy at Radiology Partners, offers an overview of policies in Congress that are directly impacting imaging.