Dear Healthcare IT Insider,
Deploying all facets of imaging informatics technology tends to be equated with working more efficiently, having patient records only a keystroke or two away, and improving the overall care of patients.
Keeping imaging informatics data safe and secure cannot be underestimated. Do you know everything that you should? This edition's Insider Exclusive describes three new resources you should know about. Click here to learn more.
Software for monitoring and recording radiation dose electronically is one new emerging functionality. As one example, features editor Wayne Forrest reports on a data repository of information extracted from nuclear medicine exams.
Structured reporting has been struggling for acceptance, but the technology was lauded at the Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology conference last month, attended by contributing writer Louise Gagnon. Read her coverage here. Could the use of report templates reduce incomplete report documentation? Click here to find out in a report from associate editor Kate Madden Yee.
Meanwhile, check out an article based on a recent presentation by Dr. Jonathan Berlin on reporting critical test results by clicking here.
The benefits of using clinical decision-support software were discussed at both the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine meeting. Click here and here to learn more.
And be sure to check in with the Healthcare IT Digital Community for day-to-day coverage of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine annual meeting, the international conference dedicated to imaging informatics. AuntMinnie.com will be reporting live from the show in Orlando, FL, this week.
