Abstract
Advances in informatics and information technology are sure to alter the practice of medical imaging and image-guided therapies substantially over the next decade. Each element of the imaging continuum will be affected by substantial increases in computing capacity coincident with the seamless integration of digital technology into our society at large. This article focuses primarily on areas where this IT transformation is likely to have a profound effect on the practice of radiology.
Key points
• Clinical decision support ensures consistent and appropriate resource utilization.
• Big data enables correlation of health information across multiple domains.
• Data mining advances the quality of medical decision-making.
• Business analytics allow radiologists to maximize the benefits of imaging resources.
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank members of the International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology (IS3R) for contributing to the discussion of the above topics. We would also like to thank Hedi Hricak for her review and helpful comments and Ada Muellner for her editing. The scientific guarantor of this publication is James A. Brink, MD. The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article. The authors state that this work has not received any funding. No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper. Institutional review board approval was not required because no research was conducted.
Presented at the biannual meeting of: International Society of Strategic Studies in Radiology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 28, 2015.
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Brink, J.A., Arenson, R.L., Grist, T.M. et al. Bits and bytes: the future of radiology lies in informatics and information technology. Eur Radiol 27, 3647–3651 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-016-4688-5
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Keywords
- Medical informatics
- Information technology
- Clinical decision support
- Data mining
- Artificial intelligence