As digital tools and analytics become increasingly crucial to a provider’s ability to deliver care effectively, the necessity to utilize data efficiently also grows. However, to truly harness the potential that healthcare’s vast data can provide, it must be appropriately curated and standardized.
This presents a challenge in radiology, where, unlike some more quantitative diagnostic specialties, there is a greater degree of subjectivity and linguistic nuance in imaging data and the radiologists’ assessment of medical images. Adding to this are the various nomenclature and tagging used by the manufacturers of different scanners, differences in exam coding between institutions, and typographic errors resulting from manual data input. All these factors contribute to some degree of inconsistent, unpredictable and unclean data.
In this session, we will summarize the collaborative work undertaken by GE HealthCare and Enlitic to support providers in finding and leveraging more of a patient’s current and retrospective data from all aggregated data sources. There will also be opportunities to enhance care by improving the accessibility of longitudinal imaging records and utilizing the data for broader purposes.
Learning Objectives
During this session, subject-matter experts will discuss:
- How cutting-edge Computer Vision (CV) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques can be used to standardize medical imaging study and series descriptions to help address inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and gaps in medical imaging data.
- How pixels and metadata can be leveraged to uncover the original intent of a radiology exam while enhancing its metadata with relevant and refined information.
- How these technologies are being used to enhance existing radiology workflows, hanging protocols, image routing, and ultimately improve operational efficiency as well as support more precise diagnosis.
Speaker:
Steve Rankin
Chief Strategy Officer, Enlitic
Steve has over 26 years of informatics experience and 15 years of strategic growth expertise in the healthcare sector. He co-founded and co-led Client Outlook and eUnity, successfully enhancing their value and facilitating their acquisition. At Enlitic, he is dedicated to developing and executing product and market strategies, ensuring that healthcare providers can sustainably and effectively utilise their data to enable clinical and operational excellence.
Stephanie Kibbey
Senior Product Manager - Clinical Applications, GE HealthCare
Stephanie is a healthcare professional with over 30 years of experience, including 18+ years as a Medical Imaging Specialist (X-Ray, CT and MR) and 16+ years as a PACS Administrator. She has extensive expertise in radiology workflows and has served as a Lead Epic Radiant Analyst for Community Connect projects. Stephanie now bridges the product management role through global clinical excellence for GE HealthCare’s enterprise imaging solutions.
Pete Eggleston - Moderator
Global Product Marketing Director - Radiology, GE HealthCare
With over 25 years’ experience in bringing innovative and AI-based products to market, Peter has held various sales and marketing leadership positions throughout the high-tech industry, including CMO of SBR Health, SVP at Aptus Health (Medscape), CEO at AdME, and VP of sales & Marketing for Sonic Network. He has served as a faculty member for Northeastern University and the Rochester Institute of Technology, anchored two AI-related columns in imaging industry magazines, has published over 40 papers and articles related to imaging and AI, and served on the board of directors and technical advisory boards for companies and organizations throughout the New England area.