Health IT

Healthcare information (HIT) systems are designed to connect all the elements together for patient data, reports, medical imaging, billing, electronic medical record (EMR), hospital information system (HIS), PACS, cardiology information systems (CVIS)enterprise image systemsartificial intelligence (AI) applications, analytics, patient monitors, remote monitoring systems, inventory management, the hospital internet of things (IOT), cloud or onsite archive/storage, and cybersecurity.

RIS Propels the Growth in Outpatient Imaging Centers

Radiology information systems for imaging centers are keeping track of business in a swiftly growing market segment.

Storage: Deciding How Much is Right

Deploying an optimal archive that meets the needs of PACS is the first step on the way to image storage success, along with optimizing existing IT infrastructures and taking advantage of software.

A Primer: Robotics in Surgery

Robots that take advantage of 3D images are increasing the accuracy of intricate surgeries with 360-degree manueverability. The benefits include smaller incisions, less blood loss and nerve damage, better outcomes and reduced costs.

Disaster Recovery Plans That Work

Redundancy is the name of the game for facilities planning for network disaster recovery. Five facilities report in on details of their plans that work.

LCDs & CRTs: Passing the Image Baton

Affordability and diagnostic confidence have allowed LCDs to overtake sales of CRTs. Three and 5 megapixel LCDs are expanding into more-demanding mammography applications, while diagnostic capability studies are underway for even more affordable 1 and 2 m

A Day in the Life of a PACS Administrator

Health Imaging & IT followed PACS Administrator Kelly Murphy through a never-typical day at Baylor Medical Center at Garland (Texas)—logging many finger strokes fixing misgenerated orders and image artifacts and using up some shoe leather to solve a few

Talking the Talk

Voice recognition software via RIS and PACS cuts radiology report turnaround time by hours and even days and slashes transcription steep fees.

The ABCs of Teleradiology Quality Control

How do you get the images - often data-intensive multislice CT studies - from here to there and back fast, securely and accurately?

Around the web

CCTA is being utilized more and more for the diagnosis and management of suspected coronary artery disease. An international group of specialists shared their perspective on this ongoing trend.

The new technology shows early potential to make a significant impact on imaging workflows and patient care. 

Richard Heller III, MD, RSNA board member and senior VP of policy at Radiology Partners, offers an overview of policies in Congress that are directly impacting imaging.