Thursday, October 19, 2017

Shopping then Sharing: Interoperability to reduce Patient Out-of-pocket Costs

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Short version: Patients can save enormously by shopping for the cheapest scan; electronic transmittal of protocols, reports and images may a...
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Monday, October 16, 2017

AMA Integrated Health Model Initiative - A 15th Standard? Should we be very afraid?

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Short version: Do we need yet another Data Standard Framework? After CPT, can the AMA be trusted not to monopolize and monetize? Who is pull...
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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Image Sharing: Are we there yet? It seems not.

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Short version: Why are we still using CDs? Its not the lack of standards or commercial solutions, it seems to be the lack of will, aka. ince...
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Sunday, May 8, 2016

To C-MOVE is human; to C-GET, divine

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Summary: C-GET is superior to C-MOVE for use beyond the firewall; contrary to some misleading reports, it has NOT been retired from DICOM, a...
Wednesday, March 2, 2016

DICOM and SNOMED back in bed together

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Summary: Users and commercial and open source DICOM developers can be reassured that they may continue to use the subset of SNOMED concepts ...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

How many (medical image exchange) standards can dance on the head of a pin?

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Summary: There are too many alternative standards for sharing images. For the foreseeable future, traditional DICOM DIMSE services will rem...
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Saturday, October 31, 2015

The slings and arrows of outrageous radiologists - I want my FLA.

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Summary: W e don't need fewer arrows. We need more arrows more often. And we need better arrows (in the sense that they are hyperlinke...
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Thursday, October 22, 2015

I think she's dead ... no I'm not ... Is PACS pining for the fiords?

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Summary: The death of PACS, and its deconstruction, have been greatly exaggerated. Not just recently, but 12 years ago. Long Version: Mi...
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Sunday, October 4, 2015

What's that 'mean', or is 'mean' 'meaningless'?

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Summary: The current SNOMED code for "mean" used in DICOM is not defined to have a particular meaning of mean, which comes to ligh...
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