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.

Claron awarded CE mark for NilRead diagnostic zero-footprint medical image viewer

March 3, 2014, Toronto — Claron Technology, the leader in universal medical imaging viewers, announces that it has been awarded the CE mark for its NilRead zero-footprint viewer for the diagnostic interpretation of medical images. Coinciding with this, Claron has opened European headquarters in Hasselt, Belgium, under the direction of Tom Tilmans, director of sales.  In addition to spearheading direct sales efforts, Tilmans will recruit and manage a team of European partners and distributors.  

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The Numbers Game: Bringing Quantitative Data to Trials & Practice

The art of image interpretation is giving way to objective scientific quantification.

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Radiology Reports: Structure Is Eliminating Errors & Protecting Payment

The radiology report is the heart of what radiologists do and the value they hold to referrers and patients.

National Decision Support Company Expands Minnesota Presence

National Decision Support Company (NDSC) announced expansion of its growing customer base in Minnesota.

Sentara Healthcare optimizes imaging with VNA

Ascendian Healthcare Consulting, a national healthcare IT consultancy, has partnered with Sentara Healthcare to drive increased optimization across the organization’s Enterprise Clinical Imaging operations. Underlying the initiative is the utilization of a Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) solution along with efficiencies gained through transformation of processes, workflow and technological advancements.

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RadLex exhibits excellent performance in indexing radiology-centric content

Despite RadLex’s fewer number of terms compared with other vocabularies, it showcases excellent performance in indexing radiology-centric content, according to a study published in the March issue of Academic Radiology. 

Improving patient education resources could advance understanding of radiology’s importance

Revising written articles on RadiologyInfo.org to comply with the National Institutes of Health and American Medical Association grade level recommendations could result in better patient understanding and appreciation of radiology’s application to clinical practice, according to a study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

TeraRecon debuts iNteract+ at HIMSS 2014

Orlando, Florida – February 24th, 2014: TeraRecon, (www.terarecon.com), a leading provider of enterprise medical image management solutions, debuted it’s iNteract+™ solution at the 2014 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference.  

Around the web

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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.