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 Debuts Streamlined Image and Video Uploading to Nil Universal Viewer at HIMSS 2014

Adding important new functionality to its industry-leading family of Nil universal, zero-footprint viewers Claron Technology debuts at HIMSS 2014 enhancements for a streamlined image and video upload for both mobile devices and desktop PCs.

Analysis Of Duplicative CT Scans Shows Conservative Cost Savings Of $1.3 Million To Western New York Health System

Through HEALTHeLINK’s health information exchange (HIE), participating providers have instant access to patient health information, including diagnostic tests that may have been conducted in a clinical setting. Along these lines, HEALTHeLINK recently conducted an analysis of the number of multiple computed tomography (CT) scans ordered for the same patient and on the same body part within six months utilizing clinical data available within its HIE.

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Can’t miss sessions at HIMSS14

With more than 300 education sessions to choose from, it’ll be impossible to see it all at HIMSS14. To maximize your time at the show, the Health Imaging editorial team selected what we think will be some of the top sessions for our audience.

TeraMedica Debuts Zero-Footprint Universal Viewer for Evercore VNA at HIMSS 14

Enhancing its flagship Evercore vendor neutral archive (VNA), TeraMedica introduces at HIMSS 2014 Univision EV, a universal image viewer with an advanced toolset that enables full-resolution visualization of a full range of DICOM and non-DICOM images anywhere, anytime on any device.

Decomposed storage model suitable for DICOM images

A DICOM decomposed storage model (DCMDSM) is suitable as a storage layer for projects where DICOM images are stored once and retrieved whenever necessary, according to a study published online Feb. 3 by the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Fifth Edition of ACR BI-RADS Atlas, Now Available

Breast imagers worldwide now have access to the fifth edition of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS®) Atlas.

KLAS releases 2013 awards for software and services

The “2013 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services” report has been released by the Orem, Utah-based research firm and includes new leaders, categories, and segments.

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An Enterprise with a View: Universal Viewer Essentials

Viewing images from disparate PACS is a necessity in today’s environment. What are the must-haves for universal viewers?

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.