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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Standards Watch | Tools of the Trade: PACS Policies & Procedures

Documentation of policies and procedures, both technical and procedural, is critical for the proper operation and management of a PACS. Unfortunately, because the systems are so new in many healthcare facilities, it is necessary to design PACS policies and procedures from scratch - or worse, on an as-you-go basis.

Color My World: A Look at Color Displays

Color displays are now coming out of the back office and becoming highly useful tools in viewing diagnostic and even therapeutic images.

Going with the Flow: Integrating Multislice CT Into Your Workflow

Six facilities show how they've cased high-speed multislice CT scanners into their busy radiology and cardiology practices.

It's all in the Ergonomics: People-friendly Design for the Reading Room

Warning: Inattention to ergonomic principles in reading room design could prove hazardous to your healthand your career. Really.

Cardiology PACS: Giving Cardiologists the Information They Need...Now

Cardiology PACS are improving workflow, speeding up report turnaround time and allowing more informed decisions at the point of care.

Expanding Access: Fantastic growth with web-based PACS

Web-based PACS are helping facilities large and small greatly increase their referring physician user base, creating speedier in-house operations.

Images & Information: Enterprise Storage Strategies

Five healthcare facilities that have tackled various aspects of the storage challenge share the details of their unique approaches.

Digital Imaging in Pathology

Newer versions of pathology software include image capture modules that allow digital images to be appended to patient reports, however, some pathologists question their necessity.

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