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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Display Calibration Made Easy

Automatic and remote monitoring tools for display calibration are streamlining QC programs and bringing more consistent, high-quality softcopy image viewing.

RIS Propels the Growth in Outpatient Imaging Centers

Radiology information systems for imaging centers are keeping track of business in a swiftly growing market segment.

Storage: Deciding How Much is Right

Deploying an optimal archive that meets the needs of PACS is the first step on the way to image storage success, along with optimizing existing IT infrastructures and taking advantage of software.

A Primer: Robotics in Surgery

Robots that take advantage of 3D images are increasing the accuracy of intricate surgeries with 360-degree manueverability. The benefits include smaller incisions, less blood loss and nerve damage, better outcomes and reduced costs.

LCDs & CRTs: Passing the Image Baton

Affordability and diagnostic confidence have allowed LCDs to overtake sales of CRTs. Three and 5 megapixel LCDs are expanding into more-demanding mammography applications, while diagnostic capability studies are underway for even more affordable 1 and 2 m

A Day in the Life of a PACS Administrator

Health Imaging & IT followed PACS Administrator Kelly Murphy through a never-typical day at Baylor Medical Center at Garland (Texas)—logging many finger strokes fixing misgenerated orders and image artifacts and using up some shoe leather to solve a few

Disaster Recovery Plans That Work

Redundancy is the name of the game for facilities planning for network disaster recovery. Five facilities report in on details of their plans that work.

Talking the Talk

Voice recognition software via RIS and PACS cuts radiology report turnaround time by hours and even days and slashes transcription steep fees.

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