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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Thijs named president of Agfa HealthCare

The board of directors of Agfa-Gevaert has accepted the recommendation from CEO Christian Reinaudo to appoint Luc Thijs as president of the Agfa HealthCare business group and member of the group's executive committee, effective April 1.

Vital books stronger Q4, FY2010

Vital Images, a developer of advanced visualization and analysis software, has narrowed its losses for the fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2010, and its 2010 fiscal year.

Boston Sci acquires two devices to treat CTOs

Boston Scientific has acquired a re-entry catheter and intraluminal chronic total occlusion (CTO) crossing device from S.I. Therapies and ReVascular Therapeutics that will help treat complex peripheral lesions.

Feature: Strategies for Taming the CD Beast

New IT systems and image exchange standards may yet get more images where they need to be. And not a minute too soon. Hospitals continue to contend with the clinical and operational challenges associated with loading and cueing CDs, which include patient care delays and stalled workflow. Denver Health Medical Center, an acute care hospital with 477 licensed beds that houses Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center, an academic Level I Trauma Center, has developed a multi-pronged system to streamline the CD import process. The solution encompasses DICOM morphing, auto-routing and a CD import kiosk and has sped patient care and cut the CD failure rate to zero.

Pocket-sized, disruptive technologies dominate FDA docket: Tread carefully

Pocket-sized powerhouses took center stage last week when the FDA cleared a pair of potentially disruptive technologies: Mobisantes MobiUS smartphone-based ultrasound and MIM Softwares Mobile MIM, a radiology application that allows physicians to view medical images on the iPhone and iPad. Both promise to extend the reach of medical imaging. However, such diffusion of imaging may be a mixed blessing for radiologists.

Medline buys CareFusion's surgical products unit for $130M

CareFusion has agreed to sell its CareFusion International Surgical Products distribution business to Medline Industries for approximately $130 million. 

Xerox acquires WaterWare Internet Services

Xerox has acquired the assets of WaterWare Internet Services, in a move that will boost Xerox's clinical documentation and practice management for healthcare professionals.

Images in the EMR: One Size Does Not Fit All

As more and more healthcare enterprises deploy and expand EMRs, the issue of clinical image access within the EMR presents itself. For radiologists and referring physicians alike, image access in the EMR can be a game-changerboosting clinical collaboration, enhancing patient education and care and shaving minutes from patient encounters throughout the day.

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