Dear Healthcare IT Insider,
As healthcare continues to move toward accountable-care models, radiologists can no longer afford to remain tucked away in dark reading rooms all day just reading studies and dictating reports. It's time to increase your profile with patients.
A pilot program at Massachusetts General Hospital that makes radiologists available to consult with patients on their imaging findings has been a big hit with both patients and referring physicians, according to a presentation at last week's Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting. Get all the details in our Insider Exclusive, available to you before our other AuntMinnie.com members.
Speaking of patient-centric imaging, an active social media presence can be a great way for radiologists to raise their profile among patients. Dr. Safwan Halabi of Henry Ford Health System shared his social media and patient engagement tips for radiologists in another SIIM 2014 talk, which you can read about here.
Big data and the importance of analytics were among the featured topics at the Long Beach, CA, meeting. Indeed, informatics will unlock the potential of big data in healthcare, Katherine Andriole, PhD, told attendees at the meeting's opening session. As a result, informaticists, data scientists, and engineers will have big roles to play, according to Andriole. Learn more by clicking here.
Healthcare has lagged in embracing data mining and analytics, but when it does, business intelligence will revolutionize medicine, according to Paul Nagy, PhD, from Johns Hopkins University. At the SIIM meeting, Nagy shared how analytics gives radiology a "macroscope" for medical data. Editor-in-Chief Brian Casey has our coverage of his presentation.
While it may seem intuitive, now there's actually some scientific evidence that using DICOM structured reporting tools speeds up reporting of ultrasound studies, compared with conventional reporting methods. Click here for all the details.
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