Blackford Partners With Bialogics to Accelerate Use of Diagnostic Imaging Data

Blackford and Bialogics are teaming up to advance the real-time monitoring of artificial intelligence performance with in-depth clinical intelligence.
 
DImax will provide Blackford customers the ability to extract clear operational and clinical insights from their imaging data in real-time and facilitate the adoption of AI to increase operational efficiencies and improved patient care.

“Balancing excellent patient care with radiology department efficiency is increasingly challenging, with staff burnout a continuing issue,” Blackford Founder and CEO Ben Panter said. “We’re excited to partner with Bialogics help provide clinicians and healthcare administrators a more comprehensive suite of business and clinical intelligence tools.”
 
The evolution of diagnostic imaging within the cycles of patient care continues to evolve and with much greater demand and complexity. From Requisition to Research, Bialogics creates a closed loop diagnostic imaging ecosystem by integrating multiple sources of data into a single vendor agnostic platform to better document, measure, and analyze business performance, reimbursements, and clinical outcomes.
 
With its latest DImax enterprise analytics software Bialogics is expanding it core business and clinical intelligence capabilities with AI Performance Reporting. Comparing AI output with Bialogics Clinical Intelligence analysis of the diagnostic report enables real time AI performance monitoring, with concordance, discordance, sensitivity, and specificity tracking. DImax completes the data lifecycle with de-identifying clinical data extraction for AI and machine learning research.
 
“A much greater need exists today for the consolidation of all sources of data into a single vendor agnostic platform that manages the data across its lifecycle, including the need to leverage this data securely for research and the future maturation of AI,” Bialogics President and CEO Jeff Vachon said. “We’re pleased to partner with an experienced platform provider like Blackford to be able to extend the benefits Bialogics provides to more healthcare organizations.”
 
Bialogics develops precision analysis of diagnostic imaging data and patient workflows, creating a real-time ecosystem for driving the accelerated use of clinical and operational data to improve business performance, and clinical outcomes.
 
Blackford provides tailored tools and services to unlock the value of imaging AI, drive efficiencies, and improve patient outcomes. For more than a decade, Blackford has worked in partnership with hospitals and technology providers to integrate best-fit AI into clinical workflows to realize ongoing value.