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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C. diff infection trail leads straight to a CT scanner

Health informaticists at UC-San Francisco have tracked down the source of many cases of Clostridium difficile infection that had vexed a UCSF hospital. The clues—there for the piecing together in the EMR—led to a CT scanner in the emergency department.

Carestream Introduces Easy, Affordable Upgrade to DR

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Carestream Health makes converting to DR easy and affordable with the launch of its CARESTREAM DRX-Transportable System/Lite.

Is the end in sight for computed tomography?

European researchers at various sites on the continent are trying to develop an imaging system that can produce 3D images of internal anatomic structures from a single X-ray exposure.

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MRE viable imaging option for pediatric obscure gastrointestinal bleeding

Magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) could be the new gold standard for children presenting obscure gastrointestinal bleeding (OGIB). 

Whole-body MRI useful in diagnosing breast cancer during pregnancy

As women diagnosed with breast cancer during pregnancy are presented with limited imaging options, a new study published in The Breast suggests whole-body MRI (WB-MRI) could potentially be the answer to staging concerns.

UC Irvine launches human brain research center

University of California, Irvine’s Campus Center for Neuroimaging recently opened a new research center, named FIBRE or Facility for Imaging & Brain Research, that aims to study the human brain.

MRI screening of survivors may boost detection of successive breast cancer

A study in Clinical Imaging aimed to determine the utility and rate of biopsy in women with a positive history of breast cancer using MRI as the screening method.

Leading Canadian Community Hospital Purchases 11 Carestream Digital X-ray Systems

ROCHESTER, N.Y., — Scarborough and Rouge Hospital (SRH) in Toronto, Canada,  purchased 11 CARESTREAM digital radiography systems as part of an upgrade from computed radiography to digital radiography (DR) at its General and Birchmount sites.

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Positron partners with Upbeat Cardiology Solutions to improve cardiac PET/CT access

Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

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‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

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.