Archive for the ‘Radiology IT’ Category

During the SIIM 2011 Annual Meeting earlier this year, radiology leaders were rallying the industry to engage with the incentive program being driven under the Meaningful Use banner. Although there was uncertainty initially, the regulations clarified how radiologists could be eligible to participate in the HITECH Meaningful Use program. This topic was discussed in an [...]

Meaningful Use has been a bit of a mystery to radiology from the beginning.  Initially, there was much debate as to whether Meaningful Use even applied to the radiologist.  Meaningful Use was certainly designed with a one-size-fits-all approach, but whether it even fit radiology at all was another discussion.  However, in April, 2010, with the [...]

Radiology groups and imaging centers have been on the leading technology edge for many years. The leadership principles of radiology CEOs and CIOs shine in how they approach: Documenting and streamlining workflows Selecting and implementing technology to enable the workflows Measuring the results and focusing on how to continue to enhance the workflows The partnership [...]

The goal of healthcare IT is to ensure all systems and applications within a healthcare system work smoothly together for organized, seamless data flow. The first step to achieving such a goal is to understand your current workflow. The technology used in imaging centers and radiology practices, in particular, is rapidly evolving, and the technology [...]

The RSNA 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting is set to begin this weekend in Chicago with a great deal of energy and anticipation. The past few weeks leading up to the event have been loaded with questions about Meaningful Use, EHR connectivity and HIE participation, from imaging centers, hospitals and other healthcare organizations around [...]

To the dismay of the radiology community, medical imaging was not included as a key component in the initial draft of the CMS Meaningful Use (MU) of Electronic Health Records criteria. Fortunately, for patients and the tens of thousands of radiology professionals who serve them, imaging data components have been expanded and the role of [...]

Positioning a radiology practice can be quite a challenge. Almost all practices offer a quality of diagnostic technology that is more or less standard across the industry. Therefore, many practices position themselves based on professional credentials such as board certifications and fellowship-trained radiologists. These characteristics are great, and in all reality, a necessity in today’s [...]

How has the economy impacted the radiology industry? We’re like everybody else; we’re getting hammered both from the government and from the payers. The payers have the deck stacked in their favor, of course, both by the government and by themselves just with their sheer size and lack of competition. It has nothing to do [...]

What has your experience been like using an integration engine? It’s been spectacular. I’ve said it many times before, without the integration engine, we wouldn’t be nearly as successful as we are today. We wouldn’t have nearly the amount of information to help us do our work today. The fact that we were able to [...]

How is HITECH and Meaningful Use impacting your radiology operations? When you look at the requirements of meaningful use most specialists are completely cut out. Radiologists don’t order prescriptions in the traditional sense. They might order contrast for a CT exam, but not a prescription. In all of our electronic systems, we have no way [...]