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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A new career to help radiologists manage imaging data growth: the medical image analyst

Two experts recently lobbied for redesigning educational pathways to train and incorporate these new professionals into daily radiology clinical workflows.

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Update on radiology report access under new info-blocking rules ‘muddies’ prior clarity, ACR says

The college noted it's unclear how HHS plans to enforce their "controversial clarification."

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How one large care network slashed imaging costs by $3M with a simple radiology dashboard

When armed with transparent radiology utilization data, primary care providers compared themselves with peers and changed their ordering habits, according to a new report published in JACR.

Enterprise imaging firm releasing tool to help radiologists manage vaccine side effects on mammograms

The add-on notifies scheduling and front desk staff if a patient has been vaccinated and alerts rads of potential false-positive lymph node issues.

Providers ordering high-cost imaging see appropriateness scores rise with widely-used support tool

A Stanford University-led team pored over more than 7 million exam requests from upward of 244,000 physicians for their findings, shared in the Journal of Digital Imaging.

The Path to Digital Pathology: IT-enabling Image and Report Access across the Enterprise

Sponsored by Sectra

A vision starts with a need, quickly followed by a question—how can we accomplish it? At Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York, the vision to initiate digital pathology coupled with fully integrating radiology and digital pathology images in one enterprise imaging (EI) system started seven years ago. They went live in February—the first U.S. installation of Sectra’s Digital Pathology Solution at the No. 1 orthopedic hospital in the country, 10 years running.

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Radiology practices can’t fully prevent cyberattacks, but must be ready when the lights go out

The ACR detailed how radiologists can prepare to keep patient care operational after an attack in a deep-dive report published last week. 

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75% of imaging requests fall short of RI-RADS quality standards, new evidence shows

Dutch doctors graded more than 650 radiology exams at their care center, labeling 20% as "deficient requests."

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