Health Imaging & IT - November 2007 - (Page 11)

the enterprise EDITORIAl mary C. Tierney, editorial Director mtierney@trimedmedia.com Leslie K. Anderson, managing editor landerson@trimedmedia.com beth Walsh, Senior editor bwalsh@trimedmedia.com Lisa Fratt, Features Writer lfratt@trimedmedia.com Jonathan batchelor, Web editor jbatchelor@trimedmedia.com Justine Cadet, news editor jcadet@trimedmedia.com Sarah Lamberti, Assistant news editor slamberti@trimedmedia.com CONTRIBuTORS: Laura Calverly INTERACTIVE MEDIA Amy Lizotte, Interactive media manager alizotte@trimedmedia.com Derek brodeur, Interactive media Developer dbrodeur@trimedmedia.com ART & DESIGN michele rivera, Art Director mrivera@trimedmedia.com Jason Litchfield, Production editor jlitchfield@trimedmedia.com SAlES & MARKETING Jack Spears, Publisher jspears@trimedmedia.com Scott Andersen, Advertising Director sandersen@trimedmedia.com matthew Payne, Account manager mpayne@trimedmedia.com michael rahme, Account manager mrahme@trimedmedia.com nina botelho, marketing Director nbotelho@trimedmedia.com SuBSCRIPTIONS & ClIENT SERVICES Katy Tibbits, Circulation manager ktibbits@trimedmedia.com ADMINISTRATION Kristen bouthillier, business manager kbouthillier@trimedmedia.com PuBlICATION SERVICES editorial Submissions & Information editor@healthimaging.com Advertising, media Kits & reprints sales@healthimaging.com Subscriptions & back Issues subs@healthimaging.com Creative Services & Information srt@healthimaging.com CORPORATE OFFICE 235 Promenade Street, Suite 455 Providence, rhode Island 02908 tel. 401.383.5660 fax 401.383.3896 imaging + it = Knowledge 2007 will go down in history in the imaging marketplace. It’s the year three little letters—DRA—impacted the market more strongly than anything ever before. e Deﬁcit Reduction Act of 2005 cut $13 billion from Medicare reimbursements for medical imaging to imaging centers and physician oﬃces, according to estimates from the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a division of NEMA. Among the hardest hit were PET/CT scans for oncology (54 percent), MR angiography (42 percent), bone densitometry scans (40 percent) and ultrasound-guided breast biopsies (35 percent). (If you’d like more information on advocacy and working to stop future reimbursement cuts, visit medicalimaging.org, imagingaccess.org or the MITA booth at RSNA.) But challenge makes the strong ﬁght harder. Imaging providers are striking back with a push to increase imaging procedures by fortifying partnerships with hospitals and physicians, improving workﬂow, bettering the competition with stateof-the-art technology and swifter report turnaround, and extending hours. What types of technology are facilities investing in? Digital mammography, CT, MRI and PET/CT topped the buying list in our Top Trends survey last month. And as you’ll see in our RSNA 360 Technology Previews that begin on page 18, these are hot technologies on the exhibit ﬂoor too. Digital mammography systems oﬀer new features, mobility, coupling with CAD systems and more streamlined digital workﬂow. In CT, 64-slice is still the big attention-grabber, and there will be lots of futures talk as well. On the clinical front, cardiac imaging with CT and MRI, breast imaging with ultrasound and MRI, lung CAD, and molecular imaging are the key topics in the Scientiﬁc Program. Abstracts pertaining to cardiac CT outnumbered those on MR imaging three to one this year. Emergency radiology, CAD and CT colonography for colon cancer detection and ultrahigh ﬁeld strength MR in neuroradiology also share the agenda. Overall, CAD’s applications are increasing—with use expanding into colon, lung, prostate and musculoskeletal imaging. But the true power of imaging is the information gleaned from highquality images by radiologists, cardiologists and other specialists…it’s the knowledge. IT is the means to connect diagnostician with care provider, allowing for image review and reporting, and communication with specialists, surgeons and referring physicians. It also allows mining of clinical knowledge for best practices and provides a tool to drive practice eﬃciencies. In the IT space, integrated and web-based RIS/PACS, EMR, CPOE and voice recognition software are clear dominators at RSNA this year. Look for increased user friendliness via reporting templates, remote access to clinical images, web-based scheduling, and other tools to streamline radiology clinical and operational workﬂow. Imaging + IT truly does = Knowledge. Knowledge makes the strong stronger, too. Mary C. Tierney, Editorial Director mtierney@trimedmedia.com HealthImaging.com Health Imaging & IT | n o v e m b e r 2 0 07 11 http://imagingaccess.org http://HealthImaging.com

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Health Imaging & IT November 2007 RSNA 360 Table of Contents Table of Contents On the Web: HealthImaging.com The Enterprise: Imaging & IT = Knowledge News Update RSNA 360: Technology Previews RSNA 360: PACS RSNA 360: PACS Peripherals RSNA 360: Reading Services RSNA 360: Voice Recognition & Reporting RSNA 360: Furniture RSNA 360: CT RSNA 360: Molecular Imaging RSNA 360: Advanced Visualization RSNA 360: MRI RSNA 360: Ultrasound RSNA 360: Health IT RSNA 360: Cardiac Imaging RSNA 360: Digital X-ray RSNA 360: Women’s Imaging RSNA 360: CAD RSNA 360: Data Storage & Archiving RSNA 360: Displays RSNA 360: Oncology Imaging PACS & the EHR: Users Love the Link Lung CAD: A Power Tool in the Imaging Toolset Special Section: RIS/PACS: Efficiency Gains through Integration Fine-Tuning Breast Imaging Workflow Peace of Mind: Long-term Archives that Deliver QA in Medical Displays: Two Approaches CPOE: Wonders in Workflow Emergency Imaging in Flux Reader's Resource Stat Sheet

Health Imaging & IT - November 2007

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