Celebrating 10 Years of the HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Community and Enterprise Imaging Informatics.

In response to the growing recognition of enterprise imaging as a critical component of healthcare's digital transformation, in 2014, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form the HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Community (HSEIC). At the time of the agreement, the two organizations decided to collaborate to lead enterprise imaging development, advancement, and adoption. This paper celebrates the past 10 years of the HSEIC's thought leadership, industry partnerships, and impact while also looking ahead to identify enterprise imaging challenges to solve in the next decade.

Visible Light Imaging: Clinical Aspects with an Emphasis on Medical Photography-a HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Community Whitepaper.

Photodocumentation is a subset of visible light imaging and is an important growing segment of enterprise imaging. Medical videography is another subset of visible light imaging that shares many of the challenges of photodocumentation. Medical photographs are used to document clinical conditions, support diagnosis, guide, and document procedures and to enable collaboration among colleagues.

The Importance of Body Part Labeling to Enable Enterprise Imaging: A HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Community Collaborative White Paper.

In order for enterprise imaging to be successful across a multitude of specialties, systems, and sites, standards are essential to categorize and classify imaging data. The HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Community believes that the Digital Imaging Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Anatomic Region Sequence, or its equivalent in other data standards, is a vital data element for this role, when populated with standard coded values. We believe that labeling images with standard Anatomic Region Sequence codes will enhance the user's ability to consume data, facilitate interoperability, and allow greater control of privacy.

The Enterprise Imaging Value Proposition.

As resources in the healthcare environment continue to wane, leaders are seeking ways to continue to provide quality care bounded by the constraints of a reduced budget. This manuscript synthesizes the experience from a number of institutions to provide the healthcare leadership with an understanding of the value of an enterprise imaging program. The value of such a program extends across the entire health system.

Fundamentals of Enterprise Photodocumentation: Connecting the Clinical and Technical-a Review of Key Concepts.

Photodocumentation is an invaluable tool in many specialties, including dermatology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and wound management. As digital cameras and camera-enabled smartphones have become omnipresent in our society, they have brought photodocumentation to all corners of healthcare organizations including the emergency department as well as family medicine and pediatrics. Simultaneously, enterprise imaging programs have evolved enabling access to all medical images for all providers throughout these organizations.

The Evolution of Enterprise Imaging and the Role of the Radiologist in the New World.

Objective: The concept of enterprise imaging is part of the next frontier in the evolution of health care technology. Incorporating all medical images into a single location integrated with electronic medical records supports care coordination and the ideal of a comprehensive longitudinal medical record.

Conclusion: Radiologists have tremendous value to offer in support of the new concept of enterprise imaging, which extends outside the radiology department to encompass all image producers in a health care enterprise.

Lumbar disc replacement.

Lumbar disc replacement is a developing primary surgical treatment for patients with degenerative disc disease. The goals of disc arthroplasty are to remove the native nucleus pulposus and to preserve motion at that disc level. Devices being developed include artificial replacement of the nucleus pulposus and artificial replacement of the entire disc.

Imaging of the acetabular labrum.

The acetabular labrum is a critical structure within the hip joint. It is a significant cause of pain, and it plays an integral role in the development of osteoarthritis. This article reviews the normal anatomy, imaging techniques, and normal MR appearance of the labrum.

Femur: MR imaging-guided radio-frequency ablation in a porcine model-feasibility study.

Purpose: To determine the feasibility of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-guided and -monitored radio-frequency (RF) ablation of bone.

Materials And Methods: Seven femurs were treated in five pigs with use of a 0.2-T open MR imager.

Sternoclavicular joint ganglion cysts in young children.

Ganglion cysts originating from the sternoclavicular joint in children have not been previously reported. In this study, 5 children who presented with a small mass over the anterior aspect of the sternoclavicular joint were evaluated and treated. Only 1 patient was symptomatic.

Association of bladder exstrophy with congenital pathology of the hip and lumbosacral spine: a long-term follow-up study of 13 patients.

The authors evaluated, clinically and radiographically, 13 of 28 patients with bladder exstrophy treated at their institution between 1964 and 1982. All had been treated with bilateral iliac osteotomies and pelvic rami reapproximation to assist in urologic repair. At skeletal maturity, the diastasis had partially recurred and the patients had short stature and were living normal lives.