Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

Current screening criteria may miss 50% of diabetic, prediabetic patients

A study published April 12 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that screening patients for diabetes based on only age and weight could be missing more than half of high-risk patients.

April 16, 2018
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Diagnostic imaging utilization in Massachusetts: 3 key trends

A team of researchers examined diagnostic imaging utilization trends in Massachusetts from 2009 to 2013 for a recent study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

April 16, 2018

How a McDonald’s restaurant played a pivotal role in the history of medical imaging

One of the first outpatient MRI providers in the United States was originally a McDonald’s owned by the company’s famous CEO, Ray Kroc. That’s one of several bits of trivia included in a new article from Forbes focused on the history of MRIs.

April 16, 2018

14 findings on how patients access online medical records, use technology

More than half of all patients have been offered online access to their medical records in 2017, an increase from 42 percent in 2014, according to a survey conducted by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).

April 13, 2018
Quality measures

Researchers want bundled payments to ‘measure what matters to patients’

A group of researchers proposed overhauling the way CMS measures quality in bundled payment programs, citing a need to gauge what truly matters to patients.

April 13, 2018

CMS finalizes decision to cover MRIs for those with ICDs

CMS published a memo April 10 that finalized a proposal to cover MRI scans for Medicare beneficiaries with implantable cardiac devices (ICDs).

April 13, 2018

Microscopic probe takes internal images while measuring temperature

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have developed a microscopic probe capable of measuring temperatures while viewing the inside of the body. Study findings were published in the upcoming April 15 Optics Letters.

April 12, 2018

Southern US remains 25 years behind most heart-healthy states in CVD impact

Disparities remain in the impact of cardiovascular disease (CVD) around the United States—mostly due to risk factors that can be changed, according to new research published April 11 in JAMA Cardiology.

April 12, 2018