Imorgon announces Imorgon v2, a significant upgrade to its structured‑reporting platform that automates measurement capture, prior retrieval, and integrated calculators to reduce non‑interpretive reporting time. The new radiology reporting software is designed to generate preliminary reports from measurements and worksheets, allowing radiologists to focus on diagnosis rather than data entry. See Imorgon v2 demonstrated at RSNA…
Crazy times with innovations like the large language model (LLM) ChatGPT recently passed the Radiology Board Exams. Additionally, some of the most cited articles in Radiology in 2023 involve ChatGPT [Radiology Link]. However, my research finds most Radiologists are not utilizing reporting automation ‘innovations’ for structured reporting available for many years in ultrasound reporting software. This article…
All feel the relentless pressure to improve efficiency and quality in their jobs. Diagnostic Radiology seems particularly affected by increasing volumes and decreasing reimbursement. Most estimates predict ultrasound volume to grow at more than 5% annually [MarketsandMarkets]. Additionally, Radiology again will suffer decreased reimbursement as the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced 3%…
Introduction Radiologists face various challenges, including the need for greater efficiency and quality in reporting. Implementing structured reporting is widely recognized as a means to improve communication and enhance satisfaction for BOTH referring clinicians and radiologists [1 Radiology 2011]. However, due to the current shortage of radiologists and the increasing volume of imaging studies,…
Ultrasound reporting time significantly reduced with DICOM SR Implementing DICOM SR yields a significant improvement in dictation times over conventional ultrasound reporting, according to Dr Steven Horii from the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Dr Horii presented at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting. He showed that using DICOM SR from…