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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Printers & Digitizers bridge images and caregivers

Vendors displayed an arsenal of printing and digitizing solutions to meet the needs of any size healthcare facility. Compact designs and exceptional resolution are standard features of conventional medical imaging printers, as well as high throughput capabilities.

Displays see volume more clearly

Display technology is getting more dynamic and powerful, and there are more sophisticated ways to mount and move them around.

Storage needs abound as images grow, grow, grow

The storage arena is growing by leaps and bounds as more and more healthcare facilities face the reality of thorough disaster recovery preparation and federal mandates for data retention, storage vendors are serving up a variety of solutions.

PACS & RIS Dominate RSNA

The expansion of the PACS market was apparent in the Windy City as vendors touted a host of new image management solutions.

Media Blitz: CDs Burn as DVDs Sit on the Back Burner

While transferring patient images via CD is proving troublesome, the industry hasn't yet reached the tipping point toward embracing DVDs.

PACS and the Imaging Center: Boosting Flexibility and Patient Care

Health Imaging & IT spoke with four free-standing imaging centers to gain some insight into the benefits and advantages PACS has brought.

Multimodality Workstations: Powerful Applications Unite Best of Modalities

Multimodality workstations are packing some power in applications, flexibility and image manipulation. Nine are showcased this month.

PACS Powers the Emergency Department

PACS can bring substantial benefits to the ED, improving clinical care and turnaround times, and hospitals that pay close attention to its needs are most likely to realize results.

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