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Inside the Academic Medical Center Silo: Why Research Imaging Lags Behind Clinical PACS (and How to Fix It)

Legacy systems favor patient care, making them clunky for research. This forces teams to rely on manual workarounds, custom tools, and inconsistent processes across labs.

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From Access to Agency: Why Moving Beyond Basic Viewing Empowers Patients to Direct Their Own Care

Patients routinely check the portal to get lab results, read provider notes, and message care teams. But when it comes to imaging, is simply looking at a scan enough?

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World Cup to Olympics: Handling Radiology Surges in Host Cities

With insights from the 2026 World Cup serving as a blueprint for future event surges , Medicom Connect helps healthcare orgs streamline radiology workflows and accelerate clinical decisions during high-demand periods.

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Death to the Disc: Unlocking the Full Value of Unified Imaging Across Your Health Network

True healthcare interoperability remains more promise than reality when clinical teams are forced to navigate fragmented imaging data, hunt for outside priors, and watch physical CDs pile up.

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Function Beats Flash: Governance Outshines AI at SIIM 2026

In addition to the usual AI chatter, the conversations that drew the biggest crowds centered on a topic less about sizzle and more about substance: governance.

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The Burnout AI Can't Fix: What Radiologists Actually Need

More than half of all radiologists name burnout as their single greatest professional concern, edging out the workforce shortage.

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The Growing Case For Lung Cancer Screening

For the U.S. veteran population, the stakes are especially high. With nearly 8,000 veterans diagnosed each year, Veterans Affairs has identified access to screening as a top-tier clinical priority.

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Bridging the Research Gap: How Academic Medical Centers Can Move Beyond the EHR Imaging Silo

Despite being centers of innovation, many institutions still struggle with fragmented architectures where imaging is siloed across disconnected PACS.

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From the Reading Room to Washington: Why Radiologists are Shaping the Next Generation of Public Health

The nomination of Dr. Nicole Saphier as the next U.S. Surgeon General marks a significant milestone: for the first time, the nation’s top doctor could be a board-certified radiologist. This follows the 2025 appointment of Dr. Thomas Keane, also a radiologist, as the National Coordinator for Health IT.

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