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Sean Ruck, Contributing Editor | December 30, 2015
From the December 2015 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
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Author: Donald K. Dennison
Title: “PACS in 2018: An Autopsy” Vol 27:1
Dennison has worked in the medical imaging informatics industry for over 14 years. Currently serving as a consultant, he is a speaker and panelist on topics ranging from medical imaging record interoperability, integration of imaging data within the EMR, enterprise imaging, multi-facility integration and others. He has published articles and eBooks on patient identity management, VNAs, PACS and enterprise viewers. Dennison currently serves on the board of directors and various committees of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) and chairs the ACR Connect committee for the American College of Radiology (ACR).
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Authors: Brian Kolowitz, Gonzalo Romero Lauro, James Venturella, Veliyan Georgiev, Michael Barone, Christopher Deible and Rasu Shrestha
Title: “Clinical Social Networking — A New Revolution in Provider Communication and Delivery of Clinical Information across Providers of Care?”
Brian J. Kolowitz is director and principal architect of the Next Generation Imaging program at UPMC Enterprises responsible for all program, product and research activities. Research within Next Generation Imaging includes application of machine learning techniques supported by natural language processing technologies to contextualize health information according to disease state and progression. Additional focus includes the value quantification of individuals and systems on patient outcomes.
He has worked in health care information systems for over 10 years leading the design and implementation of UPMC innovations including the SingleView application which was awarded Information Week’s #1 Healthcare Innovation Award. In addition to his professional experience, he is an accomplished academic holding adjunct assistant professor positions at the University of Pittsburgh and University of Maryland. He holds a Doctor of Science degree in Information Systems from Robert Morris University, Masters of Business Administration and Masters of Science in Management of Information Systems degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Penn State University. Kolowitz was the recipient of the Journal of Digital Imaging Best Paper of 2014 award for his research on application of social networks to health care information systems.
