title: Workflow Challenges of Enterprise Imaging: HIMSS-SIIM Collaborative White Paper.
abstract: With the advent of digital cameras, there has been an explosion in the number of medical specialties using images to diagnose or document disease and guide interventions. In many specialties, these images are not added to the patient's electronic medical record and are not distributed so that other providers caring for the patient can view them. As hospitals begin to develop enterprise imaging strategies, they have found that there are multiple challenges preventing the implementation of systems to manage image capture, image upload, and image management. This HIMSS-SIIM white paper will describe the key workflow challenges related to enterprise imaging and offer suggestions for potential solutions to these challenges.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 5013, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA. alexander.towbin@cchmc.org.
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Towbin
authors.affiliation: Duke Health Technology Solutions, Hock Plaza, 2424 Erwin Road, Durham, NC, 27705, USA.|Department of Radiology, Duke University Hospital, 2301 Erwin Road, Box 3808, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.affiliation: Merge Healthcare, an IBM Company, 900 Walnut Ridge Drive, Hartland, WI, 53029, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bronkalla
authors.affiliation: UHealth Information Technology, University of Miami, 1425 N.W. 10th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136, USA.
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cram
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D057188:Workflow
keywords: Clinical workflow; Digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM); Enterprise PACS