Merge September 2025 newsletter: Merge Imaging Suite for Workflow Orchestration

Dear Merge Community, 

We’re delighted to announce that we have new resources available within Merge Imaging Suite Solution for Workflow Orchestration for you to explore.  

Offering a novel workspace, this solution is (far) more than just a worklist. It is designed by and for practicing radiologists.  It is enterprise-ready, scalable, secure, fast, and clinically effective. A study showed that it helped distribute caseloads more equitably among reading physicians on a team—by 34%!   

We’ll be talking more about Workflow Orchestration over the coming weeks, and you can learn more about its capabilities below. Like our Teleradiology solution, Merge Imaging Suite for Workflow Orchestration represents how Merge continues to bring forward market-driven offerings honed directly at resolving the pain points that are bothering you the most. 

Workflow orchestration by radiologists, for radiologists 

Merge Imaging Suite Solution for Workflow Orchestration can help address burnout and attrition in your organization head-on, thanks to an intuitive and productive workspace that empowers your clinical teams to get through caseloads faster with less friction. It is based on a combination of Imaging Suite components, led by the latest version of Merge Workflow Orchestrator 2.3, released in July. Its enhancements help eliminate cherry-picking and click fatigue.  

• One worklist to rule them all: it banishes the cognitive burden of context-switching between systems, studies and worklists.
• Accessible anytime, anywhere, from any device: it helps attract and retain staff who want to work from home and makes it easier to work with outsourced reading services. 
• Enhanced workspaces that use AI: recruit early-career physicians who want a workspace that includes the latest technology and tools.

Read the brochure to learn more

How Northern Light Medical Management cracked radiologist burnout

While many radiology practices have suffered from cost pressures, disparate PACS systems, staffing shortages, and burnout, Northern Light Medical Management, a provider of outsourced radiology services, has been able to overcome these challenges.  For its own clients, Northern Light has been doing something novel: creating a stable professional environment that enables greater productivity and work-life balance for its radiology staff. Learn how the Merge Imaging Suite Solution for Teleradiology has enabled Northern Light to increase radiologist capacity, reduce burnout, and foster a more stable and satisfying work-life balance.

Read the case study

AI deployments need to focus on efficiency to deliver real value for radiologists

In a new article, Dr. Raj Chopra, Merge’s Chief Medical Officer, writes about where AI can do the most obvious good for radiology: streamlining reporting, distributing and managing caseloads intelligently, and enhancing overall efficiency. Check out the full piece for Dr. Chopra’s thoughts on why AI hasn’t fully delivered on its potential yet, and how a shift can help reap enormous time savings, reduce burnout, and deliver real value for clinicians.

Read the article

Teleradiology 2.0: How intelligent design can save radiologists and patient care

As imaging demand soars and radiologist shortages become more acute, smarter teleradiology solutions can transform workflows, reduce burnout, and deliver better outcomes for both clinicians and patients. Read Dr. Chopra’s new blog on how intelligent teleradiology solutions can restore value to radiology as a profession, making it more efficient, less stressful, and more rewarding for those who practice it.

Read the blog

Product Updates

Consider upgrading to Merge Universal Viewer 9.1  

The latest version of Merge Universal Viewer was FDA cleared in April and is planned for commercial availability in late September, after a productive Early Adoption phase. Highlights on what’s new: 

• Features for lesion tracking and lung nodule detection help improve physician productivity by 23%.
• Enhanced QC panel and tools make it easier for technologists to split, merge, and link studies, as they work with outsourced teleradiology services.
• Expanded tools help cardiovascular teams process more patient ultrasounds. 
  

  Coming soon: Merge PACS 9.4 

  The latest version of Merge PACS is now available for Early Adoption. It includes a new look, time-saving features, and technical updates for security and performance:  

  • New look and feel for the worklist makes it easier to identify what to work on.
  • Dynamic in-session updates to information without closing and re-opening the study.
  • Mammography synchronized priors scrolling accelerates comparative analysis.
  • Academic workflows get easier with features to build and manage teaching libraries.  

  For more information on either of these product updates, and to schedule an upgrade, reach out to your Merge representative.