Patent ID: 7593918

Claim:
A medical imaging and information management system with enhanced communication capabilities, said system comprising: an information manager including clinical content, said clinical content including at least examination data transmitted to the information manager from a modality, wherein said modality is capable of receiving instructions from said information manager; a communication manager receiving an event notification regarding the clinical content from said information manager via a network, wherein said communications manager is adapted to detect a presence of a user on the network for communication, wherein said communication manager is adapted to initiate interactive electronic communication with a plurality of user contact devices via the network to facilitate electronic collaboration regarding the clinical content between said plurality of user contact devices based on said event notification, wherein users at said plurality of user contact devices electronically interact via the collaboration with respect to the clinical content, and wherein the medical imaging and information management system provides collaborators using the plurality of user contact devices with storage and management of said clinical content in conjunction with integrated workflow and image reading capabilities; and at least one workstation interfacing with at least one of the information manager and the communication manager.