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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SIIM: Siemens showcases imaging technologies

MINNEAPOLISAt the 2010 Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine conference this week, Siemens Healthcare demonstrated syngo.via and syngo.plaza, its advanced visualization and PACS technologies. These systems represent new benchmarks in delivering case preparation, image reading and archiving functionality to the clinical routine, according to the company.

SIIM: PACS navigation devices at a glance

MINNEAPOLISUser-unfriendly PACS navigation is one of radiologists top complaints, said David Weiss, MD, physician coordinator of imaging informatics at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Va., during a presentation at the annual meeting of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) last week.

Sectra completes Swedish PACS deployment

Sectras PACS will be installed into six hospitals in Region Skne, Sweden, completing the transition to the shared solution already in operation at Malm University Hospital and Lund University Hospital.

Florida imaging centers make move to digital with Intelerad

Diagnostic imaging technologies provider Intelerad Medical Systems will install its IntelePACS breast imaging digital mammography at Naples Diagnostic Imaging Centers, part of the NCH Healthcare system based in Naples, Fla.

NovaRad expands IT team

Two senior members have been added to NovaRads development team: Harold Welch will join as director of implementation and Gerald Cluff assumes the software quality assurance manager position.

eRAD PACS selected by Texas hospital

RIS/PACS and teleradiology provider eRADs software has been selected by Baylor Orthopedic and Spine Specialty Hospital at Arlington in Arlington, Texas.

Avreo lands N.Y. install

RIS/PACS provider Avreos web-based cardiovascular image management and reporting system has been installed at Scarsdale, N.Y. -based Scarsdale Medical Group.

NY rad practice goes digital with Viztek

Imaging software provider Viztek has inked a multi-installation contract with Canandaigua, N.Y.-based radiology provider Canandaigua Orthopaedics Associates for the implementation of its DR, PACS and CR technologies.

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