John Eng MD, Moderator: Nothing to Disclose

1) Articulate the main objectives of each of the RSNA-sponsored informatics projects. 2) Identify the practical problems being addressed by each project. 3) Understand the relationships between these informatics projects.

The RSNA is a longstanding leader in developing and promoting informatics tools and technologies for the practicing radiologist. In this refresher course, leaders of four of RSNA's most important informatics projects will introduce their respective projects, discuss the latest work, and describe what these projects mean to the practicing radiologist. MIRC is a set of free software tools for managing radiology teaching files and clinical imaging trials. RadLex is a unified system of radiology terminology that allows standardized description and indexing of many kinds of radiology information for diverse applications. The Reporting project creates and maintains a collection of best-practice radiology report templates. IHE is an organization that promotes standardized communication between all types of health information systems such as PACS.

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Eng, J, Decoding the Alphabet Soup (IHE®, MIRC®, RadLex®, Reporting): Whirlwind Tour of RSNA Informatics Projects.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/12038577.html