Dear Imaging Informatics Insider,
While interest continues to surge in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for radiology applications, a number of key issues need to be addressed, including cost justification and integration into PACS workflow. But the biggest challenge is the fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) factor, according to PACS consultant Michael J. Cannavo, aka the PACSman.
In the latest edition of his Straight Talk From the PACSman series, he shares his thoughts on a market that's still in its early days. His column is our Insider Exclusive, available to you first as an Insider subscriber.
AuntMinnie.com Editor-in-Chief Brian Casey was in Las Vegas for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting and filed a number of reports for our Imaging Informatics Community, including several Facebook Live videos. In the first video, Brian spoke with Jef Williams of Paragon Consulting Partners about the challenges of integrating radiology data into healthcare IT tools such as electronic medical records.
On the second day of the meeting, he chatted with Steve Holloway of market research firm Signify Research about enterprise imaging and how radiology is fitting into the wider world of enterprise IT. You can access that video by clicking here. An interview with Kim Garriott of Logicalis on the new Digital Imaging Adoption Model (DIAM) from HIMSS capped off our series of videos.
In other HIMSS 2018 news, researchers shared how a health information exchange in the Maryland/Washington, DC, region has improved stroke care by giving doctors faster access to medical images. How did they do it? Click here for our coverage.
The meeting also marked the debut of DocPanel Technologies, a start-up firm that hopes to create a marketplace for teleradiology services that will match academic radiologists directly with healthcare providers -- and perhaps even patients. Click here for our profile.
Is enterprise imaging a threat or an opportunity for radiology? Herman Oosterwijk of OTech tackles that question in a thought-provoking new column.
Finally, is there a story you'd like to see covered? As always, please feel free to drop me a line.
