Aspiring Leader Session #1: Introduction to Imaging Informatics

Join us for the Aspiring Leader session, "Introduction to Imaging Informatics" presented by Ken Fazzino, BA, FAHRA, Consultant. The session will take place live on Thursday March 13 at 11:00 AM ET and a recording will be available as part of the CLIMB 2025 On-Demand Library.

Date/Time:

Thursday March 13 - 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET

Speaker: 

Ken Fazzino, BA, FAHRA, Consultant

Description: 

Imaging informatics is a distinct subspecialty of radiology that endeavors to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and reliability of radiologic services within the medical enterprise. Although picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) are a major focus of imaging informatics, there are many other ways in which technology can improve the efficiency of individual radiologists and of the entire department. Understanding informatics principles is important because these principles affect major purchase decisions, not only for PACS but also for other supporting software and for modalities themselves. Virtually every aspect of a radiologist’s workday involves some form of communication: calling a colleague for patient history, calling a technologist to apply a protocol or check an image, reviewing images with a clinician, teaching a trainee, producing a formal report, justifying an examination to a third- party payer. All of these events fall under the purview of imaging informatics, and all of them, along with image interpretation itself, can become more efficient, more effective, and more reliable with the proper tools.