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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Radiology uses telemedicine more than any other specialty, AMA survey finds

Radiology has the highest use of telemedicine for patient interactions than any other medical specialty, according to results from a nationally representative survey published in the December issue of Health Affairs by the American Medical Association (AMA).

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Can using radiomics during screening mammography improve breast cancer diagnosis?

By using radiomics, Chinese researchers found that the diagnostic performance of mammography could improve and offer complementary information to radiologists regarding benign and malignant breast tumors, as reported in the Journal of the American College of Radiology on Dec. 5.

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RSNA 2018: 4 ways radiology departments are preparing for big data

Artificial intelligence (AI) and big data can help radiologists provide better care while reducing costs, but a majority of institutions lack the infrastructure to optimally consume and utilize these technologies, said Paul Chang, MD, of the University of Chicago, during RSNA's 2018 Annual Meeting.

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Amazon releases AI language processing service for patient records, radiology reports

Tech company Amazon has launched a new medical language processing service that, by using artificial intelligence (AI), can extract data from patient records and reports to help healthcare professionals make better treatment decisions, address data privacy and decrease overall costs, according to a report published Nov. 28 by TechCrunch.

Ambra Health and Google Cloud Collaborate to Advance Healthcare Research with Anonymized Medical Imaging Data

Ambra Health, makers of the leading cloud-based, medical image management suite, today announced a new collaboration with Google Cloud to advance healthcare research with anonymized medical imaging data.

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Stanford researchers find more data isn’t better when training AI to classify chest x-rays

Researchers from Stanford University have determined that convolutional neural networks (CNNs) trained with just 20,000 labeled images can accurately classify chest x-rays as either normal or abnormal, according to a new study published Nov. 13 in Radiology.

Carestream Showcases Latest Multimedia Reporting Advances at RSNA

Carestream

Carestream’s latest generation of radiology reporting is taking an impressive step forward with the integration of multimedia content such as graphs, tables, images and hyperlinks.

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CDS tool improves reader diagnosis of bladder cancer response to treatment

A decision support tool can help physicians better diagnose bladder cancer treatment response on CT, according to an Nov. 10 study published in Academic Radiology.

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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.