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Thursday Highlights |
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Opening General Session Kicks Off SIIM 2008 Annual Meeting.
SIIM 2008 opened with a bang on Thursday with approximately
1,000 attendees at the Opening General Session.
 Dr. Ron Arenson entertained attendees with an interesting
history of computers in imaging, PACS, HIS, RIS, and imaging
informatics that included the beginnings of SIIM as RISC and
then SCAR. He described early developments in HIS and RIS and
how computerization was supposed to help doctors eliminate
paperwork and streamline workflow. He described how, in the
early 1960s, the first attempt at a hospital information system
(HIS) was made, designed to reduce medication errors. This
system, in fact, had the reverse effect, because it took nurses
out of the equation and assigned secretaries to do data entry.
The nurses, therefore, did not catch physician errors and the
number of errors actually went up. The industry has come a long
way since the early days of computer applications in radiology!
Arenson said that in a comparison of computers from the first
ones introduced in the 1960s, today’s computers have about 5
million times better performance, which is a pretty accurate
representation of Moore’s Law. He reviewed the earliest writings
on computers in medicine, the evolution of PACS, and how RISC
was founded to meet the need for a good commercial system,
unavailable at the time. RISC gathered sophisticated users from
institutions to work hand-in-hand with vendors, the early
genesis of SIIM’s unique working relationship with vendors.
Arenson summarized by espousing the
benefits of best-of-breed systems and interoperability as
imaging informatics moves toward the future. He also noted that
IHE, a software solution coupled with interface standards like
HL-7, DICOM, and CCOW, can facilitate, but users must demand
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Outgoing Chair
Curt Langlotz |
Incoming Chair
Brad Erickson |
Keynote Speaker
Ron Arenson |
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Participants at the Opening Session |
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Get a complete preview of all exhibitors with this
online tool. Includes
floor plan, booth numbers, and alphabetical and product category
listings.
The SIIM 2008 Exhibit Hall opened to large crowds checking out the
latest technology and equipment.
View
slide show of the SIIM 2008 Exhibit Hall
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SIIM 2008 Press Conference Spotlights Meeting Highlights
SIIM presented the 2008 Resident Scholarship Awards at a press
conference on Thursday. The winners received complimentary meeting
registration and travel expense reimbursement to attend the SIIM 2008
Annual Meeting in Seattle.
Two dozen applicants wrote essays on “How Imaging Informatics Affects
Radiology Education” and were judged by a panel of SIIM experts. The two
recipients are David Naeger, MD, of the University of California, San
Francisco; and Jigar Patel, MD, of the University of Maryland Medical
Center.
A panel of SIIM leaders also spoke at the press conference and answered
numerous questions from industry reporters. Bradley Erickson, MD, PhD,
noted the new aspects of the meeting, including hands-on sessions and
debates, and the elevated quality of the scientific presentations.
Erickson is Program Committee Chair.
Katherine Andriole, PhD, previewed the Live Workflow Demonstration,
where the participants will be “play acting” and demonstrating how
images move around a department. The session takes place today at 8:00
am.
SIIM is developing a curriculum, training materials, and a course
outline for Imaging Informatics Professionals, said George Bowers, chair
of the SIIM IIP Education Subcommittee. “We have our ears open for
opportunities to enhance the experience for IIPs,” he said. In response
to a question, Bowers said that he believes the CIIP exam “will become a
standard in the industry” within a few years.
Eliot Siegel previewed a “fun and provocative” Closing General
Session, in which SIIM members will win prizes for the best questions
asked of a panel of industry experts. The session will be “challenging
and topical” and will spotlight “good interplay between vendors and
experts,” Siegel said. The session closes out the meeting on Sunday at
10:00 am.
The panel described the challenges facing clinicians and leaders in the
field. On the practical side, said Curt Langlotz, MD, PhD, SIIM chair,
integration is a key issue. Other issues identified by the panel include
image overload, validation, what imaging informatics is going to mean to
the electronic health record, sharing images among institutions, pay for
performance, and software standardization.
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Join a CIIP Study Group!
Come to learn, share knowledge, and find out how others are studying for
the IIP certification exam. CIIP study groups will meet from 5:00 – 6:30
pm on Saturday in room 612 and offer informal, peer-to-peer
interaction; Q&As; networking opportunities; and lots of sharing of
study tips and resources among SIIM IIPs.
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