Preliminary Report Shows "Cloud" Computing Technology Should
Make Sharing Medical Images Easier and More Efficient Mount
Sinai was the first site to go live in August 2011 and currently
has about 190 patients enrolled in project. Patients find
"cloud" technology a faster, more efficient way to store and
distribute their medical images than current options, according
to the preliminary findings of an image sharing project led by
The Mount Sinai Medical Center in conjunction with four other
academic medical institutions. The Phase I results of the
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Image Share project
are being presented today at the American Roentgen Ray Society
Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada. Mount Sinai was the first
site to go live in August 2011 and currently has about 190
patients enrolled in project. A total of about 600 patients are
participating in all sites, which also include University of
California - San Francisco, University of Chicago Medical
Center, Mayo Clinic, and the University