With new and improved CVIS, electronic reporting and connectivity is now readily available to cardiology departments.

Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, Ill., epitomizes the busy community hospital committed to leading edge technology.

With continued procedural growth and study volume, the aging of digital imaging exams and ever-increasing demand for complex 3D image sets in MR and CT, the proliferation of digital images has created a challenge shared by today’s radiology and IT directors, as well as CIOs addressing image management from an enterprise level.

University of Washington (UW) Medical Center in Seattle, Wash., is a PACS pioneer, first deploying digital image management a decade ago. Today, the hospital and its radiology department continue to stand at the leading edge of technology.

Diagnostic Imaging Services (DIS) is a five-site freestanding imaging practice located in the greater New Orleans area. Unfortunately, the practice experienced disaster first-hand when Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005.

Nuclear medicine departments across the country have integrated newimage management models that facilitate nuclear medicine data flow tobenefit department and enterprise workflow.

Web-based PACS results run the gamut from increased convenience to decreased hardware costs and accelerated decision-making.

The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) is hosting its annual meeting June 7-10 in Providence, R.I., centered on the theme of “Imaging Informatics for the Enterprise.”