Contact Us | Sign In | Join SIIM eCommunity Search Search » Home Groups Journal - JDI IIP/CIIP Career Events Membership About SIIM History of the Society More in this Section... History of Digital Imaging in Medicine Past Chairs of the Society RISC-SCAR-SIIM Annual Meetings Share | The Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) - now the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) - is a trusted resource for imaging professionals interested in the current and future use of technologies for image and information interpretation and management. From its inception, SIIM has made a significant contribution to facilitating productive, open, and forward-thinking interactions between users and the industry. SIIM continues its success as a unique professional organization at the nexus of medical imaging and information technologies. SIIM had its origins in 1980 with a small group of pioneers who could see that medical imaging was on the verge of undergoing a revolutionary change. The Radiology Information System Consortium (RISC) was formed in 1980 by a group of academic and private hospitals for the purpose of developing a RIS with a commercial partner and making it available to member institutions and others. In 1989, the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology was founded as an organization under the RISC banner. SCAR provided a structure to include individual members, and RISC's biannual meeting on computer applications was transferred to SCAR in 1990. In 1996, RISC and SCAR were merged under the SCAR name to include individual, corporate, and institutional members. In 2005, SCAR celebrated its 25th anniversary with a new vision for the future. The Society's new tagline – Innovating Imaging Informatics – emphasizes the organization's commitment to lead the medical imaging community in the use and innovation of cutting-edge imaging technology. In 2006, the Society changed its name to the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) to better reflect the broadened role of imaging across the medical enterprise. The Society decided to change its name to better describe the diversity of its constituency, to expand research and activities into the entire field of imaging informatics, to include all of the imaging sciences, and to embrace the dynamic changes in the healthcare environment. The history of digital imaging in medicine web page includes an oral history and a reading room. RISC-SCAR-SIIM Chairs RISC-SCAR-SIIM Annual Meetings Video: Origins of RISC (Oral history by Dr. Joseph N. Gitlin) Drs. Gitlin and Allman display their RISC, SCAR, and SIIM paraphernalia at SIIM 2011 Members Remember Me Forgot your password? Haven't registered yet? moreCalendar 10/29/2015 Webinar: Business Intelligence and Analytics in Radiology: Facts and Fiction 11/5/2015 HIMSS-SIIM Workgroup Conference Call moreLatest News 10/8/2015[Presentation] Transition to Value Based Healthcare 9/30/2015[JDI] October 2015 issue has been published Tweets about #SIIM16 OR #imagingIT OR #SIIM15 OR #SIIMhacks OR @SIIM_Tweets OR #JDig_Imaging OR #theJDI OR @SIIM_JDI Home | Groups | JDI | IIP/CIIP Career | Meetings | Membership | About SIIM | Donate | FAQs | Site Policy | Marketplace Connect © 2015 Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. All rights reserved. Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited. You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the content. Nor may you transmit it or store it in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system. Membership Software Powered by YourMembership.com® :: Legal