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SIIM’s 25th Plugs into Hands-On Open Mindedness
 For its 25th anniversary conference last week in Seattle, the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) opened the doors to open-source computing, showcasing successful projects during its “Open-Source Plug Fest” and offering attendees hands-on exposure.
Open-source communities embraced the “Plug Fest” where participants trained on how to build upon DICOM and HL7-compliant open-source projects currently used in imaging IT. In another hands-on event, attendees in Learning Labs worked with DVTK tools, Nagios, Wikis and an eXtensible Imaging Platform (XIP).
Some of interactive workshops that allowed attendees to enhance their information technology skills included a live demo by Katherine Andriole, Ph.D., Paul Chang, M.D., and Luciano Prevedello, M.D., who illustrated the complexities of streamlining advanced processing and visualization today. The presenters emphasized a need for implementing a post-processing workflow, aka “the Magic Box,” in the future.
Meanwhile, attendees witnessed the crossfire of two hot debates on who owns PACS. Radiologists and prominent healthcare IT thought leaders debated over the strengths and weaknesses of DICOM and HL7 standards, versus service-oriented architecture (SOA) for managing data in the radiology department. Participants also exchanged their views on PACS as another clinical information system under IT’s domain versus PACS run under the expertise of the radiologist.
For more details on these and other emerging trends, keep your eyes on Outpatient Care Technology in print and online.
We at OPCT gathered information on some of the latest devices and equipment on display at the SIIM 2008 conference and present our findings below. We hope that the conference was enlightening and rewarding for you and look forward to next year’s gathering in Charlotte, NC.
Contact Rick Dana Barlow at rdbarlow@rcgpubs.com
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