Imaging Informatics Unplugged

What happens when a remote Arctic community with zero medical radiation technologists needs a chest x-ray — and the nearest one is a plane ride away? In this special crossover episode with SIIMCast, Jason and Mohannad sit down with Greg Toffner, a PhD researcher training local Inuit community members across 25 Nunavut communities to become Basic Radiological Technicians (BRTs). Greg breaks down th...

What happens when a 25-year medical imaging veteran retires, then comes back with an AI coding assistant and rebuilds his entire mental model of how PACS gets built? Chris Hafey, founder of Merkalis and longtime fixture in the imaging informatics community, joins Imaging Informatics Unplugged to talk about coding with Claude and other LLMs, why he believes solo founders can now out-build 50-person...

If you've ever fought through a PACS migration, wrestled with malformed DICOM data, or wondered why two systems that supposedly speak the same standard can't talk to each other — this one's for you. Jason sits down with Larry Sitka, founder of Acuo Technologies and one of the earliest architects of the Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) concept, to unpack three decades of building enterprise...

If your digital pathology deployment has a brand-new whole-slide scanner, a solid IMS, and petabytes of storage — but your pathologists are reading on consumer monitors — you may have a serious problem you haven't budgeted for yet. In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, Jason sits down with Tom Kimpe, VP of Technology & Innovation for Healthcare at Barco, for a deep-dive webinar...

If you have ever watched a radiology AI demo hit 98% accuracy in testing and then wonder why nobody is actually using it in the clinic, this episode is for you. Hit subscribe so you never miss a conversation like this one. Jason sits down with Satvik Tripathi, incoming Medical Physics and Imaging Informatics PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania, AI scientist for RAD-AID International, and...

Thinking about the CIIP, but have no clue where to start? This video breaks down the exam, the eligibility rules, the 10 domains, and the smartest way to figure out what you actually need to study before wasting time. If you work in imaging informatics, PACS, VNA, radiology IT, enterprise imaging, clinical engineering, or healthcare technology, this gives you a practical starting point. In this vi...

How close is AI to real clinical adoption in radiology and medical imaging? In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, Jason Nagels talks with Dr. Khaled Younis about where AI and machine learning really stand today in radiology, why adoption is still uneven, and what needs to happen next. Dr. Younis brings deep experience across AI research, clinical imaging, and global standards. You can...

Is radiology AI finally living up to the hype — or are we still waiting for the revolution Geoff Hinton promised back in 2012? In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, Jason sits down with Dr. Ben Fine, a radiologist with a deep background in imaging informatics, AI deployment, and enterprise imaging strategy. Ben shares a refreshingly honest take on where radiology AI actually stands tod...

What do The Beatles have to do with the invention of the CT scanner? At first glance… nothing. By the time CT scanning was introduced in the early 1970s, The Beatles had already broken up. But the connection between one of the most influential bands in history and one of the most important technologies in modern medicine runs through a company called EMI.In this episode, we explore the surprising...

AI in healthcare is everywhere — but very little of it actually works in real clinical environments. In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, Jason Nagels sits down with Dr. Franz Pfister, physician, data scientist, and CEO of deepc, to discuss what it really takes to operationalize AI in radiology and healthcare workflows. They explore why model accuracy alone isn’t enough, how hospitals...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering dermatology — but what does it actually take to make AI work in real clinical practice? In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, Jason Nagels sits down with Dr. Veronica Rotemberg, Director of Dermatology Informatics and Research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, to explore how dermatology is navigating AI, data quality, and real-world...

If you work in medical imaging, DICOM is everywhere — even when you don’t see it. In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, Jason Nagels sits down with John Hally, Product Leader for Cloud and Technical Platforms at Merge, to break down what DICOM toolkits really do and why they matter more than ever as imaging expands beyond radiology. John brings over 15 years of medical imaging technica...

In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, we explore Interactive Multimedia Reporting (IMR) and why traditional text-based radiology reports are no longer enough for image-driven clinical care. I’m joined by Seth Berkowitz, interventional radiologist, clinical informaticist, and Medical Director of Radiology Informatics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Seth led the HIMSS–SIIM white...

Choosing a PACS can shape the next 10 years of your imaging department. Yet many leaders still rely on gut feel, vendor hype, or checklists that do not reflect real clinical operations. In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, I sit down with Dr. Alex Towbin, Professor of Radiology and the Neil D. Johnson Chair of Radiology Informatics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, to break down the...

In this conversation, Rishi Nayyar discusses his journey from banking to healthcare innovation, focusing on patient access to medical images and the role of AI in enhancing patient understanding and automating workflows. He emphasizes the importance of empowering patients with control over their data while also addressing the challenges of image exchange and the need for efficient non-clinical wor...

In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, Jasonwelcomes back Don Dennison, CIIP, FSIIM, and Mohannad Hussain for a deep dive into the evolution of the Imaging Informatics Career Development Matrix — nowreborn as a fully web-based platform at IIPCareers.com. The discussion continues from our last conversation(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KIMlAsngBA&t=751s), where the team explored h...

What happens when large language models (LLMs) move from casual conversations into clinical practice? In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, Dr. Woojin Kim joins Jason Nagels to explore the hype, reality, and future of AI in radiology. Dr. Kim is the Chief Strategy Officer and CMIO at HOPPR, Chief Medical Officer at the ACR Data Science Institute, and a musculoskeletal radiologist at th...

🎙️ Featuring Toni Skokovic | Imaging Informatics Unplugged | Ep. 2Why is healthcare interoperability still so difficult—even with mature standards like HL7, DICOM, and FHIR? In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, Jason sits down with Toni Skokovic, a 25-year health tech veteran and founder of YourRevenuePlan, to explore what’s really blocking progress. Whether you’re a provider, vendor,...

In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged , Dr. Mana Moassefi (incoming Radiology resident at Mayo Clinic) shares insights from a groundbreaking multi-institutional study that evaluated the use of large language models (LLMs) to annotate radiology reports — without any model training. Mana and her collaborators from institutions including Mayo Clinic, UCSF, Moffitt Cancer Center, Harvard Me...

In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, we sit down with Dr. Jay Crawford—educator, innovator, and one of the foundational voices in imaging informatics. With over 30 years of experience, Jay has helped shape the field from the early days of PACS and digital imaging to global training initiatives in places like Malawi. We explore why technical skills alone are no longer enough, how to bu...

In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged , we explore one of the standout tools from SIIM 2025 — the Imaging Informatics Career Development Matrix , presented by Don Dennison during this year’s Dwyer Lecture. The matrix serves as a practical guide for: Defining key roles and career paths in imaging informatics Supporting individual growth and team development Identifying gaps and planning...

In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged , Jason sits down with Robert MacDougall to unpack one of the most talked-about — and often misunderstood — concepts in healthcare: the digital twin . 🎯 What exactly is a digital twin in the context of radiology? 💡 How can it be used to optimize imaging operations, increase access, improve patient satisfaction, and boost revenue? 📊 Why are semant...

In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged, we sit down with the legendary David Clunie — radiologist, medical informaticist, and longtime editor of the DICOM standard. If you’ve ever worked in medical imaging, you’ve likely used a tool or reference authored by David, and today, we get to dive deep into his incredible journey. We explore the history of DICOM, the role of open standards, curr...

In this episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged , we’re joined by Mike Wesolowski , medical physicist and CEO of Luxsonic, to explore how virtual reality (VR) is redefining diagnostic imaging, medical education, and access to care. From fully immersive diagnostic PACS to collaborative virtual tumor boards, Mike walks us through what it takes to build a regulatory-approved VR platform for radiolog...

Missed the MIIT 2025 Conference in Hamilton? We’ve got you covered. This episode of Imaging Informatics Unplugged features a high-level, AI-generated recap of the Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology (MIIT) conference — one of Canada’s most dynamic and forward-thinking gatherings in the imaging informatics space. Learn more at https://miit.ca. We fed every presentation from MIIT 2025 into...