Paul Chang, MD
Professor of Radiology
Vice-Chair, Radiology Informatics
Medical Director, Pathology Informatics
University of Chicago School of Medicine
Medical Director, Enterprise Imaging
Medical Director, SOA Infrastructure
University of Chicago Hospitals
Grand Rounds Lecture
"Meaningful IT Innovation to Support the Radiology Value Proposition: The Return of the “Doctor’s "
Monday, April 11, 2016
MCN CCC-1111
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Learning Objectives:
1) The session will discuss how modern radiology constraints and requirements demand a greater degree of “meaningful innovation” in imaging IT and informatics.
2) Attendees will be introduced to examples of next generation IT tools and models that can help differentiate radiologists as value innovators rather than commodity-level service providers .
3) The session will describe how and why radiology must redefine and re-engineer itself in order to fully take advantage of these next generation electronic based practice tools. The impact these changes in practice management can have on quality, workflow efficiency, and productivity will be discussed. Strategies to avoid marginalization and commoditization will be discussed.
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Paul Chang, M.D. is is Professor and Vice-Chairman of Radiology Informatics. Dr. Chang is also Medical Director of Enterprise Imaging and the Informatics Architect for the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) initiative at the University of Chicago Hospitals.
Dr. Chang is active in numerous research and development projects related to imaging informatics as well as enterprise-wide informatics integration issues. He is a recognized expert in the field of imaging informatics. His work in workstation design has resulted in presentation and navigation models that have been adopted by most PACS vendors. A novel lossless wavelet-based image distribution mechanism, dynamic transfer syntax (DTS), was co-invented by Dr. Chang; this technology was subsequently commercialized by the creation of Stentor PACS, which was acquired by Philips Medical Systems. This PACS system is used by several hundred hospitals worldwide and is a world-wide leader in market share.
Current informatics initiatives at the University of Chicago under Dr. Chang’s leadership include 1) the development of a robust SOA-based Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) that provides web-services access to clinical information to allow the creation of customized clinical and research applications; 2) an ambitious “closed loop imaging” infrastructure that establishes interoperability across information systems, including modalities, to improve efficiency and quality in image acquisition, interpretation, and results delivery/acknowledgement; and 3) a digital anatomic pathology workflow engine that includes specimen tracking and imaging.
Dr. Chang received his B.A. from Harvard University and his M.D. degree from Stanford University. Concurrent with his medical school training, he also received his M.S. degree in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford. Dr. Chang completed his residency and fellowship training in Diagnostic Radiology at Stanford University Hospital.
Dr. Chang has been member of the RSNA Radiology Informatics Committee (RIC), ACR Informatics Committee, and the ACR Commission on Clinical Research and Information Technology. He is the informatics consultant to the RSNA for the RadSCOPE electronic education initiative and the myRSNA portal. He has served as course director and/or faculty for over 200 courses for the RSNA and for the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) in PACS and radiology informatics. In 2002, he was named as one of the “Top 20 Most Influential People in Radiology” by Diagnostic Imaging. In 2005, he was inducted as a Fellow to the College of the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR/SIIM). In 2010, he was named as one of the “25 Most Influential People in Imaging” by RT Image.
