"The industry standard of imaging system availability is 99.999 percent uptime, but that’s not good enough for Broward Health. Our vendor neutral archive (VNA) is a critical system in our enterprise imaging environment. It serves as the brains of our operation, supporting a variety of clinical customers within high acuity settings. Broward Health Medical Center is a Level I Trauma Center where every minute counts. We need zero downtime.” 

voice technology

The last two decades have brought a series of changes in medicine, technology and healthcare legislation that have impacted the field of diagnostic imaging and the role of the radiologist. Coupled with these changes, imaging volume is declining1 due to costs as well as concerns over patient radiation exposure.2 This environment often makes it challenging for radiology groups to protect their financial performance and ensure they deliver high-quality studies and readings. Fortunately, advances in imaging and information technology have emerged, helping radiologists increase the utilization of diagnostic imaging and moving the radiologist into a more central role in integrated patient care.3

Asante Health System provides comprehensive medical care to more than 580,000 people throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California. As the largest healthcare provider in nine counties, Asante knew seamlessly sharing patient information with affiliates would be key to better physician relationships and improved patient outcomes.  

PET imaging
PET imaging

Precision medicine is not only a buzzword, it is a call to action to radically advance our capabilities in the era of molecular targeted medicine. Positron emission tomography (PET) has firmly established its leading role as a capable oncologic molecular imaging technique over the last two decades, however its technological advances have been modest at best.

Medical College of Wisconsin provides physician practice at three major affiliates — Froedtert Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the Zablocki VA Medical Center — and many other hospitals and clinics in the Milwaukee area. Each year, its providers, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and psychologists care for more than 425,000 patients, representing more than 1.6 million patient visits. 

wireless detector, canon CXDI-801C, DR, digital radiography
digital radiography, DR, Agfa, Musica
portable x-ray system, carestream, DR, digital radiography
flat panel detector, Fujifilm, FDR DEVO, DR, digital radiography

The remaining users of film and computed radiography (CR) may get some carrot, if they transition to digital radiography (DR). It may come in the form of improved productivity, reduced X-ray dose to patients and better image quality. But the legislation that may spur the transition is all stick.

The remaining users of film and computed radiography (CR) may get some carrot, if they transition to digital radiography (DR). It may come in the form of improved productivity, reduced X-ray dose to patients and better image quality. But the legislation that may spur the transition is all stick.
enterprise imaging

Enterprise imaging as a concept has been around for several years, but many organizations are just turning their full attention to it now, according to Jef Williams, managing partner at Paragon Consulting Partners. This is because other health information technology (IT) endeavors have taken precedence, including electronic medical records (EMRs) and Meaningful Use. Now, as enterprise imaging comes to the forefront, Williams and other speakers at the 2016 annual meeting of the Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) discussed the importance of having an enterprise imaging strategy and how to implement it. 
The Philips Ingenia MRI system. The vendor offers MRI software packages for MRI image analysis.
The Toshiba Titan 3T MRI system using a MRI breast coil.

The most recent big advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology have been on the software side, enabling faster contrast scans, greatly simplified cardiac imaging workflows and allowing MR of the lung.  
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