| | November 20156UTLOOK Healthcare Tech CIOReview's circulation is audited and certified by BPA International (Audit Pending). Copyright © 2015 Valley Media Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.NOVEMBER - 2015Mailing AddressValley Media Inc.44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510 230 0396, F:510-894-8405 November - 2015, volume 01 - 11 Published by Valley Media Inc. To subscribe to HealthcareTech OutlookVisit www.healthcaretechoutlook.com Managing EditorAlex D'souzaEditorial StaffSalesJoe Philip Laura PintoMatthew JacobMerlin ThomasMerlin WatsonSarah FernandesSandeepa MajumdarTony FernandesVisualizerStephen ThomasImaging Informatics SpecialRon Adamron@healthcaretechoutlook.com 510 230 0395UTLOOKHealthcare Tech UTLOOKHealthcare Tech EditorialAlex D'souzaManaging Editoreditor@healthcaretechoutlook.comImaging informatics has a huge role to play in today's turbulent healthcare environment that is rife with consolidation, standardization, and integration. These solutions help clinicians acquire, analyze, interpret and present data, so that they have the care-specific information required to make informed decisions with confidence.Three significant market forces are currently shaping the imaging informatics arena: healthcare payment reform, provider consolidation and the adoption of Electronic Medical records (EMRs). With the surging EMR adoptions, only few interfaces are required today to link many information systems. This provides an opportunity to improve integration of imaging data within the EMR. With this aggregated digital content from patients in the EMR, the next thing is to make the rich information available at the point of diagnosis. This will help simplify clinical workflows, improve financial outcomes along with saving lives. Another trend--consolidation, is also having a big effect in the imaging informatics arena. With large healthcare providers affiliating with smaller hospitals, care facilities, and imaging centers, EMRs and imaging records are being consolidated at these facilities. The efficient integration of these records call for new standards to be in place.Beyond this consolidation and aggregation of diagnostic imaging records across the enterprise, the collection and integration of enterprise images is starting in earnest. In this scenario, an enterprise plan requires governance to determine how best to present images and related information in a user interface and where to store images and related information, connecting and managing devices and interfaces, and defining acquisition protocols and standards. To be ready for the new era, imaging informatics programs need to focus on consolidation, EMR integration, accessibility, quality and safety, and data governance tasks. On that note, we present you a special edition on imaging informatics. We hope this edition will help you while you formulate strategies for your organization.Imaging Informatics: Towards Greater Value Creation
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