Imagingit Podcasts

In this episode, the team chats with Dr. David Mendelson from Mt. Sinai Health System and Chris Carr from RSNA about Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), including processes, life-cycles and the connectathons.

Mohannad, Ali and Parasanth catch up with the 2022 Virtual Hackathon winners from Cleveland Clinic, Lindsey Marrero, Mike Ciancibello and Cathy DeCoske. This team developed BLockchain in Medical Information (BLIMI), the presentation of which can be found at the Youtube link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJUaKoa9EUU&list=PLky1o8fQFZMAnp_289…

The second of two parts, this episode continues the discussion into the origins and history of the Vendor Neutral Archive with three experts in the field. Guests: Ken Persons, Greg Strowig, Brian Willaert Hosts: Mohannad Hussain, Prasanth Prasanna

The first of two parts, this episode discusses the origins and history of the Vendor Neutral Archive with three experts in the field. Guests: Ken Persons, Greg Strowig, Brian Willaert Hosts: Mohannad Hussain, Prasanth Prasanna

The team are joined by Drs. Nabile Safdar and Omer Awan to talk about the role of informatics solutions in patient and trainee education. This is a recap of the guest session from SIIM 2022. Dr. Safdar is the Vice Chair of Imaging Informatics at Emory University School of Medicine, Associate CMIO for Emory Healthcare and is the Fellowship Director …

In this episode, Ali, Jay and Mohannad interview Dr. Woojin Kim about his chapter on Reporting in the new edition of PII. Woojin Kim, MD, is Chief Medical Officer at Equium Intelligence, a start-up he co-founded in intelligent, data-driven resource management. He is also a musculoskeletal radiologist at the VA Palo Alto, CA. Dr. Kim was the Chief M…

This is the second episode in the "Between Two Fellows" series, recorded live on stage at #SIIM22. Ali, Mohannad and Prasanth were joined by Adam Flanders and Chuck Kahn without any particular agenda. Please enjoy this free-wheeling discussion through the imaging informatics landscape. PS: Apologies for the less than optimal sound quality. This epi…

A conversation with Kelvin Burton, Martha Henderson, and Graeme McKay from Mercy Ships, an international charity that operates the largest non-governmental ships in the world, providing aid including community health projects. The team discusses the informatics challenges that arise in such a unique environment. Kelvin Burton joined the IS team at …

In this first episode in the "Between Two Fellows" series, Prasanth and Jason are joined by Don Dennison and Dr. Rick Wiggins to talk about the next breakthroughs in imaging informatics, lessons from their careers, the feature of machine learning for education, Don's plan for breaking down informatics silos and other streams of consciousness. PS: A…

In this episode, hosts Mohannad, Prasanth, and Ali interview Cheryl Kreider Carey (SIIM CEO), Dr. Marc Kohli (past SIIM Chair) and Dr. Tessa Cook (current SIIM Chair) to talk about the SIIM 2022 Annual Meeting, Expansion of SIIM in terms of geography and medical specialities, leadership transition at the Board Chair level, and other things. PS: Apo…

In this episode, hosts Mohannad, Prasanth, and Jason interview Teri Sippel Schmidt and Dr. Raym Geis about the Clinical Data Informatics initiative at SIIM. At its heart Clinical Data Informatics focuses on the use of tools such as Machine Learning algorithms, systems engineering, and medical imaging in sophisticated ways to derive insights and dri…

In this episode, hosts Mohannad and Prasanth interview Brad Genereaux about his chapter on Standards and Interoperability in the new edition of PII. Going beyond the #alphabetsoup of the important standards that govern the imaging informatics world, the discussion covers a brief history of the development of standards, such as DICOM, HL7, IHE, and …

In this episode, hosts @mohannadhussain and Prasanth chat with @sylviadevlin about downtime procedures. Whether planned or unplanned, there are many steps that can be taken to mitigate these (mostly) unavoidable events. While most agree that effective planning, monitoring, and communication/follow-up are key to successful execution, the nuances of …

The hosts get together in this special season wrap-up episode and discuss the highlights of the season, as well as the upcoming SIIM22 Conference June 9-11 2022 in Kissimmee, Florida. Connect with us! You can find our podcast on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or anywhere else you subscribe to podcasts. Please help us out by leaving a rev…

In this episode, hosts @mohannadhussain @jaynagels Prasanth and @AliTejaniMD interview @ChrisRothMD, @IntegratorBrad, and @_kodon, co-authors of the IHE AI Interoperability in Imaging White Paper. Chris Roth serves as Vice Chairman of Radiology, Information Technology and Clinical Informatics at Duke University, Director of Imaging IT Strategy at D…

In this episode, hosts Prasanth, @mohannadhussain and @jaynagels discuss User Training with Dr. Ann Scherzinger. As a Professor of Radiology and Chief of the Radiological Sciences Division and the University of Colorado, Dr. Scherzinger supports informatics applications for the UCHealth system. She is currently the chair of the SIIM Education Commi…

PIIRT Chapter 7 - Data Storage Jay Crawford In this episode, hosts Mohannad and Prasanth interview Jay Crawford about data storage technologies discussed in Chapter 7 of the second edition of PIIRT. These core concepts are critical for understanding not only issues of business continuity and disaster recovery, but also system performance, latency, …

In this episode, hosts Ali, Mohannad, Jason, and Prasanth chat with Chris Hafey, Dr. Jason Hostetter, and Dr. Simon Rascovsky about the Imaging Informatics Open Community Meetups -- an open format meeting with short discussions on any topics related to Medical Imaging. Participants include software developers, clinicians, technologists and PACS adm…

Pathology Standards and Hackathon In this episode, host Mohannad chats with Jason Klotzer and Markus Herrmann about pathology imaging standards. The team discusses the unique perspective of digital pathology and how the specialty has adopted DICOM standards to meet the needs of the pathologist's imaging workflow, as well as a hackathon sponsored by…

PIIRT Chapter 5 - Incorporating Non-Image Data with Matthew Hayes In this episode, hosts Ali, Prasanth, and Mohannad speak with Matthew Hayes CIIP. Matt is currently the PACS Manager for Radiology Partners. Prior engagements had him troubleshooting many different imaging challenges ranging from AI enablement, Encounters Based Imaging, Long Term Arc…

In this episode, hosts Mohannad, Prasanth and Jason catch up with Bernard "Ben" Gyimah from Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital @KBTH_GH in Accra Ghana, site of the Global Ambassador program sponsored by @SIIM_Tweets and @RADAIDIntl. Last we heard Ben and Jason discuss the implementation of a PACS upgrade and RIS implementation with @IBMWatsonHealth. Fast-f…

ACR DSI In this episode, hosts Prasanth, Mohannad, and Ali chat with the amazing team at the ACR Data Science Institute, @AcrDsi @RadiologyACR, represented by data scientists Laura Brink and Kendall Schmidt, and director Christopher Treml. Hot topics: Federated Learning with AI-LAB™ Interpretive and noninterpretive AI models and applications Gettin…

RSNA 2021 Recap In this episode, hosts @mohannadhussain Prasanth and @AliTejaniMD chat with @hermanoos about the recent RSNA Conference. Connect with us! You can find our podcast on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or anywhere else you subscribe to podcasts. Please help us out by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. You can find us on Twitt…

In this episode, hosts Prasanth and @jaynagles interview @auff0001 primary author of the first chapter in the second edition of Pracitcal Imaging Informatics. Dr. Auffermann, is an associate Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Drawing from his background in the physical sciences to translate bas…

AI Racial Identification In this episode, hosts Prasanth and Mohannad interview @judywawira (Emory University), Chima Okechukwu (GeorgiaTech) @BrandonPriceRad (FSU College of Medicine) and Anthony Celi (MIT laboratory for Computational Physiology) as they discuss a groundbreaking paper they published earlier this year, in which they demonstrate how…

Integrated Imaging Informatics (I3) In this episode, hosts Prasanth, Mohannad, and Jason speak with guests, Dr. Tessa Cook (@asset25) and Bradley Davis about the development of the I3 curriculum. In addition to discussing the role of the I3 curriculum in relation to the NIC-Rad and an imaging informatics fellowship, Brad and Tessa take us on a rive…

CMIO In this episode, hosts Prasanth, Arjun, and Mohannad speak with 4 physicians currently serving as Chief Medical Informatics Officers, Drs. @julie_hollberg, Jeffrey Sunshine, @ChrisRothMD, and @nsafdar. Hear about the interesting journeys they have taken leading to their current roles, the skills they have cultivated to champion informatics ini…

Season 04 Wrap Up In this episode, co-hosts @mohannadhussain, @jaynagels, @AAnandMD, Prasanth , and @arjunsharmarad assemble to celebrate the end of another exciting season. They discuss the growth of SIIMCast, the annual virtual conference, the evolving role of the imaging informaticist during a global pandemic, and exploring informatics opportuni…

In this episode, hosts Jason, Mohannad, and Prasanth interview Herman Oosterwijk a giant in the field of imaging informatics. Serving as president of Otech, Herman has extensive experience implementing health care imaging and IT solutions in Electronic Health Records (EHR) and DICOM Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) for more than 3…

We are starting a new series focusing on the vendor community. Vendors are like a black box to many on the provider side, so we are interviewing leaders within the vendor community to demystify what goes on inside their walls. In this episode, we host Matthieu Ferrant (Global Director of R&D at Agfa HealthCare), Katie Puhala (Product Manager at Amb…

The third installment of Hackathon-themed episodes is here! In this episode, we speak to two members from two hackathon teams. One team, CaseTracker, was one that came together organically at the 2020 Hackathon and went on to win the first place. The other team, Cleveland Clinic, is one of the longest running (and hardest working) teams in the hist…

In this episode, the SIIMcast team meets with the folks from the 'Beyond The Scope' podcast (Digital Pathology Association's official podcast). We meet with Dr. David Tulman and Dr. Giovanni Lujan and discuss topics related to digital pathology and imaging informatics. Connect with us! You can find our podcast on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Sti…

Enterprise imaging involves the ability to capture, index, manage, store, distribute, view, exchange, and analyze all clinical imaging and multimedia content from any clinical specialty. Over the past 6 years, The HIMSS/SIIM Enterprise Imaging Community have authored 10 white papers that explore different facets of Enterprise Imaging. This year the…

In this continuing series talking to imaging informaticists who have branched out from clinical medicine into industry and entrepreneurship, the gang is joined by Intergalactic Doctor Jose Morey and Dr. Sonia Gupta.

The SIIMCast crew scratch the surface on 3D printing and medical applications.

The team discussed the application of a small but powerful macro software to improve radiologist workflow and help bridge PACS, RIS, dictation software, and EHR. Radiographics article: https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/rg.2020190077

IIP Textbook Revision In this episode, hosts Arjun, Jason, Prasanth, and Alok interview Sylvia Devlin @sylviadevlin and Barton "Char" Branstetter @CharBranstetter about the upcoming revision to the popular Imaging Informatics tome. We discuss the textbook's origins, new topics covered, and how the CIIP exam has changed. Connect with us! You can fin…

The team is joined by Gene Chan, Dr. Mike Wesolowski, and Dr. Avez Rizvi to talk about radiology applications in the virtual reality environment and SieVRt, a VR PACS client from Luxsonic, inc.

In this episode, Arjun, Prasanth, and Jason chat with Dawn Cram and Paul Lipton about the merits of using an XDS environment vs. a non-XDS environment. (https://wiki.ihe.net/index.php/Cross-enterprise_Document_Sharing_for_Imaging) Key points Discussed: A high-level overview of an XDS and XDS-I workflow What should an organization consider when eval…

In this episode, hosts Prasanth, Arjun, and Jason speak with Kinson Ho, Kevin O’Donnell, and Chris Lindop about two recent IHE Profiles, AI Workflow & AI Results. Connect with us! You can find our podcast on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or anywhere else you subscribe to podcasts. Please help us out by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts…

In this episode, hosts Prasanth, Jason, and Arjun interview Dr. Richard Wiggins @rhwiggins, Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education and Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. This lively discussion with cover many areas, including Dr. Wiggins' explorations in elec…

IIP Bootcamp In this episode, hosts Arjun, Jason, Prasanth, and Alok interview Drs. Ann Scherzinger and Omer Awan about the IIP Bootcamp project. Hear about the history of the bootcamp program, preparing imaging informatics professionals for eventual CIIP certification and how the program has evolved and adapted to the changing needs in the post-CO…

Dr. Marc Kohli In this episode, hosts Arjun, Prasanth, and Alok chat with Dr. Marc D. Kohli, incoming chair of SIIM Board of Directors and informatics veteran, as we discuss a multitude of topics, including the upcoming virtual meeting, future directions of SIIM and its long term strategic plan, and reflections on how the global pandemic has impact…

Season 3 Wrap-up and #SIM2020 Preview In this episode, the four hosts reunite to once again casually discuss their favorite episodes from the third season of SIIMcast and talk about what they are looking forward to at this year's virtual meeting. Connect with us! You can find our podcast on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or anywhere else…

Continuing on from episode 45, we speak with Teri Sippel Schmidt and some of her current and former students on their experience participating in the annual SIIM Hackathon. Don't miss out on this year's virtual Hackathon. Details are available here: https://siim.org/page/hacking_healthcare Connect with us! You can find our podcast on Apple Podcast,…

Mitchell Goldburgh and Dawn Cram join the team to discuss the details of the Data Standards Evaluation Workgroup that has been formed through the HIMSS-SIIM Enterprise Imaging Community. This initiative is working to develop a Standards Scoring Model and leverage the scoring model to evaluate existing standards related to Body Part and/or Anatomic …

Recorded pre-pandemic, we sit down with three leaders taking charge to make radiology and imaging informatics more welcoming to women. Guests Dr. Geraldine McGinty (@DrGMcGinty), Dr. Lindsey Shea (@lagshea), and Teri Sippel Schmidt (@TeriMSippel). Not noted in the introduction, Dr. Shea also won the 2018 RadXX award for Rising Star. Connect with us…

In this special episode, the hosts are joined by Don Dennison of Don K Dennison Solutions (@DonKDennison), Ryan Fallon of Johns Hopkins Health System, and Carl Swanson from MedStar Health. The episode was recorded as a virtual townhall with a live audience contributing questions. Practice Guidelines - https://siim.org/page/practice_guidelines Spot …

In the first of a short series of interviews with previous Hackathon teams, we sit down with Mohannad Hussain (@mohannadhussain), Dr. Les Folio (@LesFolio), and Dr. Howard Chen (@howardpchen). Connect with us! You can find our podcast on Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or anywhere else you subscribe to podcasts. Please help us out by leav…