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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 […]
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 […]
For the better part of a decade – from 2010 to 2020 – CIOs were busy implementing and optimizing their EMRs. And since 2020, it’s been all about cost cutting via application rationalization, integration and, of course, security. But there’s another massive challenge that stands to benefit from CIO leadership – the journey from a […]
Before organizations can choose the right oncology or radiology solution, there are some critical questions that need to be addressed, according to Monique Rasband and Lauren Barton, who discuss findings from a recent KLAS report.
One of the most important areas in which KLAS is seeing progress when it comes to enterprise imaging? “Most vendors are not just sitting on the bench,” says KLAS’ Monique Rasband. “They’re engaging and investing.”
Once considered a ‘nice to have,’ enterprise imaging is becoming a must-have for healthcare organizations. The problem? The expectations are high, and the resources available to craft a solid strategy are not, says Monique Rasband of KLAS.
If there is a better way to diagnose breast cancer, don’t patients have a right to know about it? Yes, says Monique Rasband, who discusses the tireless work of advocates to keep people informed, and the work that still needs to be done.
With patients becoming more engaged in their care, image exchange is no longer taking a backseat, says KLAS’ Monique Rasband, putting the onus on vendors to become more innovative and flexible.
When warriors are brave enough to share the message about a condition, it leads to better care and more advanced technology for everyone, says KLAS’ Monique Rasband, who shares an inspirational story.
Looking for greater integration with other core clinical applications, providers have invited enterprise HIT vendors to enter the Oncology arena, according to a new KLAS report Oncology IS 2011: Integrating the Island. The specialty is one fraught with information silos, due to physicians moving between hospitals and clinics, and patients moving between infusion suites and […]
