IHE TCE Profile

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IHE/ TCE Profile

Teaching files are valuable training tools in radiology and other imaging specialties. Many residents are required to create and maintain teaching files and many experienced practitioners keep files of interesting cases for their own reference and to share with colleagues.

Participation in clinical trials is a growing need and both a potential source of revenue and a driver of quality improvement.

In order to accomplish these tasks efficiently, a user must be able to:

  • Flag appropriate images and add supplemental information
  • Anonymize image studies, often using reversible anonymization (pseudonymization) in research trials
  • Route the study to the appropriate destination (a teaching file system or clinical trial repository)

DICOM standards provide the essential mechanisms for performing these tasks.

(Source IHE web site)

For more details please follow the below link

https://wiki.ihe.net/index.php/Teaching_File_and_Clinical_Trial_Export

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)

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Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)

IHE is an initiative by healthcare professionals and industry to improve the way computer systems in healthcare share information. IHE promotes the coordinated use of established standards such as DICOM and HL7 to address specific clinical needs in support of optimal patient care. Systems developed in accordance with IHE communicate with one another better, are easier to implement, and enable care providers to use information more effectively.

For more details please follow the below link

https://www.ihe.net/

Top 5 trends from ECR 2019 in Vienna

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Top 5 trends from ECR 2019 in Vienna

The giant octopus in the registration area, the impressive model of Poseidon in the opening ceremony, and the host of other aquatic images from ECR 2019 looked stunning on social media, but what were the longer-lasting impressions and substantive issues to take away from this year’s congress in Vienna? Our editorial team has compiled a list of the five main trends.

  1. Radiology’s glass ceiling is breaking down
  2. AI advancements fuel discussion on ethics, validation
  3. Attention shifts to patients in gadolinium debate — plus, 7-tesla MRI advances
  4. Vendors highlight practical uses of AI in radiology
  5. Patient engagement grows in importance

To read the full article, please click here.

Reference: Philip Ward, Erik L. Ridley, Wayne Forrest, and Brian Casey, AuntMinnie.com staff writers.

4 takeaways for the future of radiology

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4 takeaways for the future of radiology

Healthcare today is largely woven together with electronic medical record (EMR) systems, which has led to the rapid attendance growth in the past decade at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting, now the world’s largest health informatics conference with more than 1,300 vendors on the vast expo floor. Here are six key takeaway trends seen at the 2019 meeting held in February.  

  1. The Rise of Augmented and Virtual Reality in Healthcare
  2. Decrease on Hype and Focus on Introducing Artificial Intelligence Products
  3. Analytics is the Next Big Trend Following Digital Health Records Implementation
  4. Creating Virtual Organs From Medical Imaging to Test Devices Before Implant
  5. Cybersecurity Tops Concerns With Electronic Medical Records
  6. Integrating Wearable Devices Into Patient Care

To read the full article, please click here.

Reference: Dave Fornell is the editor of ITN and DAIC magazines.

New Consensus Document Explores Ethical Use of AI in Radiology

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New Consensus Document Explores Ethical Use of AI in Radiology

March 5, 2019 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) is one of seven professional societies behind a new consensus document on the ethics of using artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology. The authors are taking comments on the draft guidance through April 15, 2019, and a finalized document will be produced within the following six months.

The ACR was joined by the following societies in drafting the guidance document:

European Society of Radiology (ESR);

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA);

Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM);

European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics (ESMII);

Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR); and

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

The document explores ethical considerations for artificial intelligence from several angles, including data use, algorithms and trained models, and actual practice. The writing team reviewed current literature from the fields of computer science and medicine, as well as historical ethical scholarship and material related to the ethics of future scenarios. The document was produced through the combined efforts of philosophers, radiologists, imaging informaticists, medical physicists, patient advocates, and attorneys with experience with radiology in the U.S. the European Union.

 

To read the full article, please click here.

Reference: JEFF ZAGOUDIS, ASSOCIATE EDITOR in the ITN.

6 Key Health IT Trends at HIMSS Meeting 2019

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6 Key Health IT Trends at HIMSS Meeting 2019

Healthcare today is largely woven together with electronic medical record (EMR) systems, which has led to the rapid attendance growth in the past decade at the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) meeting, now the world’s largest health informatics conference with more than 1,300 vendors on the vast expo floor. Here are six key takeaway trends seen at the 2019 meeting held in February.  

  1. The Rise of Augmented and Virtual Reality in Healthcare
  2. Decrease on Hype and Focus on Introducing Artificial Intelligence Products
  3. Analytics is the Next Big Trend Following Digital Health Records Implementation
  4. Creating Virtual Organs From Medical Imaging to Test Devices Before Implant
  5. Cybersecurity Tops Concerns With Electronic Medical Records
  6. Integrating Wearable Devices Into Patient Care

To read the full article, please click here.

Reference: Dave Fornell is the editor of ITN and DAIC magazines.