Business Intelligence

Providers utilize business intelligence to monitor referral patterns and collaborate with clinicians who order their services. Such analytics tools have also been deployed in the specialty to improve productivity, track patient satisfaction and bolster quality.

Industry Watcher’s Digest
Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.
Why the business side of cardiology was a key focus at ACC.24
Alison Bailey, MD, co-chair of the business of cardiology sessions at ACC.24, emphasized that reimbursement cuts can have a long-term negative impact on patient.
Strategies to solve the toughest issues facing radiology practice management
Rebecca Farrington and Sandy Coffta from Healthcare Administrative Partners explain how to best tackle real-world issues radiology practices are facing.
Industry Watcher’s Digest
Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.
Alzheimer’s imaging experts to assess utility, efficiency of Hyperfine’s Swoop system
Is portable MRI suitable for finding abnormalities in the brains of patients receiving new amyloid-targeting therapy for Alzheimer’s disease? Clinical researchers are about to find out.

Deloitte survey suggests time has come for the CICO—‘chief internal controls officer’

Almost half of U.S. executives working in or close to the C-suite, 44.7%, see AI as the emerging technology most likely to put their internal-control systems at risk over the next 12 months.

September 29, 2023

This week has seen a cluster of healthcare-related business moves valued in the billions with a B.

September 28, 2023

artificial intelligence to fight wildfires

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

September 27, 2023

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Google’s chief clinical officer: Healthcare AI ‘should happen with clinicians, not to them’

Generative AI of the “large language” kind has been an attention hog over the past 10 or 11 months. The buzz has been so loud and constant that it’s all but asking to be dismissed as hype.

September 27, 2023

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5 reasons healthcare needs ‘ownership transparency’ now

Do you know who owns your personal favorite doctor’s practice? Could it be a healthcare conglomerate? An insurance company? A private equity firm? Amazon?

September 26, 2023

Who benefits—and who doesn’t—when 2 disparate health systems come together as 1?

It’s easy to see the appeal of cross-market hospital mergers to the marrying partners. How these long-distance entwinements help patients is a separate question.

September 25, 2023

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Hospital pricing puzzlers—whether inadvertent or intentional—uncovered in study co-authored by Mark Cuban

Patients browsing shoppable hospital services often get one price online and another over the phone, new research shows.

September 21, 2023

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

September 20, 2023