MINNEAPOLISDuring the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) conference last week, Katherine Andriole, PhD, an associate professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School, identified the challenges associated with business data and presented a template for a business intelligence solution.

MINNEAPOLISAs healthcare leaps, or is pushed, toward next-generation EMRs/EHRs, imaging informatics and enterprise hospital IT need to work together, learn from each other and leverage the expertise of other industries, said Paul Chang, MD, vice chairman of radiology informatics at University of Chicago Medical Center during the SIIM 2010 Dwyer Lecture.

MINNEAPOLISTechnology is seldom the solution to problems, instead technology provides an opportunity for a solution, shared Richard Kennedy, technical director of imaging informatics at Kaiser Permanent Medical Center in Los Angeles. During a presentation at the 2010 Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) conference, Kennedy said that solutions to PACS problems fall under the purview of imaging informatics staff.

MINNEAPOLISIn the last decade, speech recognition has blossomed from a bleeding edge to leading edge technology. Today, the question is not do I need speech recognition but how do I make best use of it, stated David Hirschorn, MD, director of radiology informatics at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City. During his presentation at the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) conference last week, Sirschorn said speech recognition was a slam dunk at the hospital.

Many consumers beliefs and knowledge are at odds with what policy makers prescribe as evidence-based healthcare, according to a Health Affairs article posted online.

Barco has installed nearly 100 MDRC-2120 clinical review displays and Coronis Fusion 6MP DL large-screen diagnostic displays at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has decided that because blood-flow determination with MR angiography (MRA) is a specific application of MRI, a separate National Coverage Determination (NCD) is not necessary and the noncoverage language will be removed.

McKesson has unveiled Connect-Rx software release 7.1, which updates functions for McKesson's AcuDose-Rx medication dispensing cabinets and Anesthesia-Rx medication carts.