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| E-Editor’s E-Note |
Attending the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting usually provides a peek at the future of radiology, which is not always comforting. Imaging is only going to grow, but IT is changing how radiologists and facilities use and manage images. This issue’s E-News Exclusive looks at that important theme from SIIM 2010.
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Threats and Opportunities
By Jim Knaub
Just when you thought you had PACS worked out in your organization, Paul Chang, MD, FSIIM steps to the podium and reminds you that isn’t good enough anymore.
“The real issue is not trying to deliver images to radiology but throughout the enterprise,” Chang told the audience in a session on PACS and EHRs at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting in Minneapolis earlier this month. This ability to distribute images across the healthcare enterprise will ultimately mesh with the images’ inclusion in a patient’s EHR.
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