The Economic and Social Value of an Image Exchange Network: A Case for the Cloud.
As the health care environment continually changes, radiologists look to the ACR's Imaging 3.0®initiative to guide the search for value. By leveraging new technology, a cloud-based image exchange network could provide secure universal access to prior images, which were previously siloed, to facilitate accurate interpretation, improved outcomes, and reduced costs. The breast imaging department represents a viable starting point given the robust data supporting the benefit of access to prior imaging studies, existing infrastructure for image sharing, and the current workflow reliance on prior images. This concept is scalable not only to the remainder of the radiology department but also to the broader medical record.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: rcmayo@mdanderson.org.
Ray Cody
RC
Mayo
lifeIMAGE, Newton, Massachusetts.
Kathryn L
KL
Pearson
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
David E
DE
Avrin
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Jessica W T
JW
Leung
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Cloud; Imaging 3.0; image exchange; patient-centric; value