The two companies said their model for exchanging payer and provider data will be “easily replicable” and could be adopted across the healthcare space. The initial rollout of the system will be focused on automatically identifying Medicare Advantage patients. 

Up to 72% of CT requisitions from ED providers could be considered inadequate according to RI-RADS, which was developed to evaluate the clinical reasoning quality of imaging orders.

Researchers with the University of Virginia recently aimed to answer this question, sharing their findings in the Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine. 

The ransomware attack on Integris Health, a nonprofit health system in Oklahoma, happened in late 2023. Victims of the breach said they were extorted by hackers directly.

In a new report, Proofpoint and the Ponemon Institute surveyed 677 health IT professionals to understand the impact cybersecurity incidents have on patient care. 

A new assessment details numerous discrepancies between scoring systems, which could have a detrimental impact on patient care, experts contend.

The monthly audit is used to identify findings that may have been missed by referring providers within their network, along with initiating communication of radiologists' recommendations.

Reps. Diana Harshbarger and Blake Moore recently introduced the Radiology Outpatient Ordering Transmission (ROOT) Act after bipartisan members of the U.S. Senate did the same in May.