Friday, June 4
1:15 pm – 2:45 pm
Meeting Room 200

This session presents an overview of image interoperability within a healthcare enterprise. There will be 3 presentations followed by a panel discussion. The presentations will present a framework of the issues and solutions to image interoperability within a healthcare enterprise from three different viewpoints.

First, will be the view from senior management about how image integration fits into the strategic goals of a healthcare institution. The second presentation will be from the perspective of the imaging user. The last presentation will be a discussion about methods that can be used to achieve these goals.

Moderator:

David W. Piraino, MD, FSIIM; Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Faculty:

Paul J. Chang, MD, FSIIM; University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
Adam Fogelman; Cleveland Clinic Foundation
C. Martin Harris, MD; Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Objectives:

1. Develop an appreciation for the importance of image integration within a single healthcare enterprise.
2. Analyze an enterprise strategy for integrating radiology and non-radiology images within a healthcare system.
3. Describe the needs of referring providers and diagnostic imagers to access images at the point of care.
4. Understand the technical issues and possible solutions for implementing an enterprise image integration strategy.