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.

Color Speaks Volumes

Planar

Color technology is improving, and the line dividing color and grayscale is blurring.

Displays: The Complete Experience

Planar

Experience demonstrates that there aredramatic differences in workflow, efficiency, and ease of use amongdisplay systems and vendors. The same credo holds true for thedeployment process.

Tips for Success

EMC

Business continuity is not an easy process; however, many healthcarefacilities have successfully tackled it. These experienced sites offera wealth of advice for their colleagues with tips for success.

Radiology Furniture Support Structures 101

A decision about what furniture, carts or wall mounts to use forviewing monitors outside the radiology department requires carefulconsideration and planning.

Displays Strut Their Stuff

New display options run the gamut in terms of size, resolution, luminance color and price — and can meet the soft-copy needs of users across the enterprise.

Radiology Is Streamlining

With PACS being high on many minds, radiology information systems — the highly organized cousin — often takes a backseat. But RIS users can’t imagine life without them.

Imaging Centers Going with the Workflow

When you get inside operationsat imaging centers across the nation, it quickly becomes apparent that "workflow" is not really a buzz word at all — it is simply a crucial piece of reality.

Laser Imagers: Hard Facts on Hard Copy

Reliability, excellence in image quality, and compact size are someof the factors that clinicians evaluate in selecting the appropriate laser imager for their needs and setting.

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Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.