Completing a report now takes minutes, as advanced computers and faster telecommunication technology combine for near-instant results.

Quality control of medical image displays is among the most important priorities a healthcare facility can have to maintain optimum performance and image quality.

RSNA and HIMSS initiated IHE in 1997. Now, after six years, the participants say the campaign is "on the brink of tangible benefits."

The Medical Records Institute (MRI) last week presented results from its annual Survey of Electronic Health Record Trends and Usage.

As digital medical images continue to gain favor, healthcare organizations face new challenges that didn't exist when images were solely analog. And due to increasing pressure from government and industry regulators and the shock of a attacks, blackouts a

Radiology departments have experienced a tremendous boon in productivity where information can travel with a technologist via a wireless network instead of remaining at a fixed computer.

Healthcare providers today are utilizing the electronic medical record for more immediate access to patient images and to run more efficient administrative functions in hospitals and solo practices.

I get this question about every other month, sometimes in the forms of: "When will DICOM be replaced by HL7?", "Wouldn't HL7 version 3 make DICOM obsolete?", "Why not use one standard?"