Much has been made recently about the language of radiology reporting, including discussion surrounding the inclusion or exclusion of certain words and phrases in final reports. But being aware of double meanings associated with commonly used terms—such as the word “stable”— is also critical when creating reports.

Montreal, Canada – April 18, 2016 – Intelerad Medical Systems™, a leader in distributed medical imaging solutions, today announced that Imagix Medical Imaging, which is headquartered in Brossard, Quebec is deploying IntelePACS across their thirteen radiology clinics. Imagix will also use Intelerad solutions to connect to the Quebec Health Record (QHR), which is the province’s central repository of patient information.

Insignia Medical Systems, the pioneering UK based Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) provider, has finished their first quarter on a high with the start of a 100TB migration for Oxford University Hospitals (OUH).

ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 12 – Driven by explosive growth in medical imaging and other data, healthcare providers are eager to explore the advantages offered by moving image data storage and management to the cloud. As a leading supplier of secure cloud services for hospitals and other healthcare facilities, Carestream Health is the only healthcare company involved in the Intel® Storage Builders program and currently manages more than 15 billion images in 13 public and private cloud data centers across the globe.

It is often people—not technology—that hinder the adoption and utilization of structured reporting standards in radiology departments. But having a successful standardized structured reporting program isn't impossible, according to an article published in the April issue of the journal Radiology.

A recent study of PACS-EHR integration—or the lack thereof—hit a nerve. In a survey of the members of the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments, just 47 percent of respondents reported that their PACS had been integrated with the EMR.

The HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Workgroup already had a head of steam to build on when its leaders, members and potential new participants held a “meetup” on March 2 at the airy, sunlit HIMSS Spot during HIMSS16 in Las Vegas.

Academic radiology departments report varying levels of integration between PACS and other IT tools such as dictation systems, critical notification systems and electronic medical records, according to results of a study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.