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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Skepticism and optimism: Radiologists are still divided on AI integration

AI concerns among radiologists could delay its implementation. Experts say educational initiatives could help.

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Bayer and Rad AI expand access to AI and radiology workflow solutions with new collaboration

Integrating Rad AI’s applications with Bayer's Calantic Digital Solutions platform will enable more hospitals to implement AI into their physician practices.    

It's time to ditch the disc: 'Patients are ready' for online access to imaging

With more providers now integrating imaging into their diagnostic processes, there is greater need to improve the ease of access. 

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Changes in AI-based risk scores identify women at greatest risk of developing breast cancer

The more an individual’s score changes, the greater the odds are of them being diagnosed with cancer in the near future, new research presented at SIIM 2024 suggests.

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Some communication platforms bring more disruptions than improvements to workflows

A new analysis suggests that physicians who utilize secure messaging platforms for workplace communications might also spend more time taking calls.

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Radiology data breach may have exposed private health information

Affected patients may have had their name, date of birth, address, health insurance information and medical information compromised, though there is currently no evidence that any data has been misused.

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Applying Node-RADS to breast MRI exams improves staging

The scoring system has shown great utility in predicting lymph node invasion in various cancers, but until recently, its use in patients with breast cancer had not been thoroughly explored. 

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AGFA HealthCare's enterprise imaging solutions set for significant expansion following new partnership

AGFA is partnering with Europe's Alliance Medical to implement its cloud-based solutions across all of the imaging provider’s 120 sites throughout the UK. 

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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.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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