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.

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Kinetics Concepts to be bought for $6.3 billion

U.S.-based medical device company, Kinetic Concepts will be purchased by a consortium of investment funds advised by Apax Partnerstogether with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Public Sector Pension Investment Boardfor $68.50 per share. The cash acquisition totals approximately $6.3 billion, including KCIs outstanding debt, and is expected to close this November.

RSNA: Agfa to showcase health IT line-up and DR portfolio

Agfa HealthCare (Booth 8350) will be highlighting its suite of informatics systems and DR system upgrades at the 97th annual RSNA scientific sessions and annual meeting of RSNA, Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 in Chicago.

AJR: Researchers develop automated dose index reporting application

Researchers have created a dose index reporting application for CT studies that extracts dose information, can be integrated with any existing CT scanner and may eventually lead to automated quality control to improve patient safety, according to a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

RSNA: Etiam to debut latest version of Secure Medical Networking

Etiam (Booth 8208) is debuting Secure Medical Networking version 3.20 at the 97th annual RSNA scientific sessions and annual meeting of RSNA, Nov. 27 to Dec. 2, in Chicago.

The Age of Imaging 2.0: The Vision, The Proof: Radiology's Role in Improving Healthcare

Sponsored by Philips Healthcare

Being a leader in imaging today is all about providing better patient care via excellent multimodality diagnosis, onsite and virtual collaboration among radiologists and specialists, and sophisticated treatment planning.

JACR: 5 strategies to tap into IT & optimize protocols

Optimizing radiology protocols is essential for ensuring that imaging procedures answer the relevant clinical questions without running into inefficient delays, and IT can lend a much-needed helping hand in improving protocol performance, according to an article published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

AMIC to acquire Russian radioisotope developer

Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation (AMIC), a developer and distributor of medical isotopes, has engaged the Moscow-based Global TechInnovations for assistance in acquiring a Russian company that specializes in the production and sales of radioactive isotopes used for medical diagnostic and therapeutic uses.

Bard to purchase Medivance for $250M

Murray Hill, N.J.-based medical technology developer C.R. Bard will purchase Lousiville, Co.-based Medivance for $250 million.

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