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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21st century PACS: 4 ways blockchain could change the radiology landscape

Two imaging experts believe the ledger technology holds some of the same potential to change the field as picture archiving and communication systems did decades ago.

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Billions of images left vulnerable online due to unsecured PACS

The findings build off of a September 2019 report from German security firm Greenbone Networks, which revealed that more than 730 million medical images were accessible over the internet.

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Limiting clinical disagreements key to reducing variability in CT measurements

A growing number of studies have found that tumor size measurements using CT imaging are subjected to increasing interobserver variability among radiologists.

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Hybrid communication tool relieves radiologist burnout while cutting costs

When put to the test, the hybrid computer/human system freed up significant time for radiologists, which may translate to more time dedicated to reading studies.

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CDS improves diagnostic imaging yield for evaluating pulmonary embolism

More than 1,400 CT pulmonary angiography exams could have been avoided if each test in the study had been ordered using the tool.

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Hospital notifies patients of malware attack on digital imaging server

New Mexico-based Roosevelt General Hospital said 500 medical records were involved, but it hasn't yet confirmed that any patient information has been misused.

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RSNA announces effort to strengthen image sharing across radiology

The Radiological Society of North America is joining forces with key players in the data exchange industry and radiology vendor community to bolster imaging informatics infrastructure and standards.

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Improperly delayed, cancelled imaging exams put many VA members at risk, report shows

The auditors found VA staff did not abide by guidelines for nearly 106,000 requests for radiology and nuclear medicine tests, resulting in tests that were delayed or not performed, according to reporting from USA Today.

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