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The field of AI is rapidly transforming healthcare, offering new opportunities to enhance diagnostic accuracy, operational efficiency, and patient outcomes. According to the KLAS report, “Imaging AI 2024: Multiple Solutions Gaining Traction in a Crowded Market,” the adoption of imaging AI has accelerated significantly over the past five years. More than 50% of surveyed organizations […]
While there are major benefits to having all clinicians working off the same PACS, exceptions have to be made and physician preferences accommodated, said Chuck Barkey, Associate Vice President of IT Enterprise Clinical Inpatient & Ancillary Systems at WVU Medicine. Luckily, technologies like the VNA make such flexibility possible. In a recent interview with healthsystemCIO.com […]
All health systems want to enhance their enterprise image sharing across departments and across PACS to both improve patient care and decrease the cognitive load on clinicians. But advancing the cause can take many forms, and each will face a unique set of challenges. Chuck Podesta, CIO, Renown Health; Dr. Shafiq Rab, EVP/Chief Digital Officer […]
In this interview, Dr. Ram Chadalavada, Vice Chair of Radiology Informatics at the University of Cincinnati & UC Health, discusses the evolving field of enterprise imaging. He explains his role in managing imaging data across various medical specialties, emphasizing the importance of consolidating imaging data from different departments, such as radiology, cardiology, and pathology. Dr. […]
All health systems use picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) for the handling of medical images, but as imaging technology and research advances, more are looking toward an enterprise-wide imaging strategy (often involving a vendor neutral archive) for longer-term storage and enhanced image accessibility. Such an approach can improve efficiency, collaboration, and, ultimately, the quality […]
In this interview, Beverly Rosipko, Director of Radiology Informatics at University Hospitals of Cleveland, provides insight into her role overseeing radiology informatics and enterprise imaging. She explains the scale of imaging operations across 13 regional medical centers, 40+ ambulatory locations, and her team’s responsibility for managing over 1.5 million radiology exams and 2 million enterprise […]
In a recent interview with healthsystemsCIO, Dr. Barry Stein, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer and Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Hartford HealthCare, shared insights into the organization’s enterprise imaging strategy. Dr. Stein and Anthony discuss: How Hartford is streamlining access to patient images across their vast network, and how Epic fits into the process The importance […]
In this interview with healthsystemCIO, Dr. Rob Bart, CMIO at UPMC, discusses the challenges and opportunities of moving towards an enterprise imaging environment. UPMC’s strategy involves consolidating various PACS, and then moving those images to a Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) to ensure they’re readily available for patient care. While the technology exists, the real challenge […]
Welcome to healthsystemCIO’s interview with Dr. Mustafa Yousif, Director of Digital Pathology, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology, at Michigan Medicine. Dr. Yousif has been at the forefront of a groundbreaking digital transformation in pathology at Michigan Medicine, leading efforts to implement a comprehensive digital pathology system over the past 24 months. In […]
It sounds simple and it makes sense – to ease the burden on clinicians that comes with logging into multiple systems, and thus improve patient safety, all data should reside in one place. When it comes to imaging, that means all images, regardless of how they were created or where they are currently housed (think […]
