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.

Homerton Healthcare in the UK chooses enterprise imaging as a cloud service from Sectra to ensure patients benefit from latest technology

International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra (STO: SECT B) has signed a contract with Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the UK. Sectra will provide the Trust with enterprise imaging as a fully managed cloud service.

Personal, medical info on 2 million radiology patients may be in hands of cybercriminals

A family-owned provider organization that supplies advanced imaging and radiation oncology services at more than 30 locations has fallen victim to a sizeable cyberattack.

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Pandemic’s hardest hit breast-care segment: Screening mammography

COVID-19 set back screening mammography further than any other category of breast care, dropping schedule adherence during infection peaks to 36% of pre-pandemic rates.

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Teladoc sued for misleading investors

Teladoc has been hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly making “false and misleading statements” about its business.

Technologist salary survey shows raises across all practice areas

MRI techs earned an average of $76,177 in 2019 and are making $82,395 in 2022. In fact, radiologic technologists across all modalities enjoyed a collective raise of 11.2% during that window.

Homegrown business curriculum teaches new rads how to ‘think like an MBA’

Harvard researchers have piloted a curriculum for instructing radiology trainees in the business of modern medicine. The teaching team says its program is adaptable by any academic radiology operation.

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Private-practice coalition adds another rad group

Florida-based Strategic Radiology announced the addition June 1, naming 11-radiologist Radiology Consultants of Lynchburg in Virginia as its 32nd member practice overall and its second in the Old Dominion state.

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Advanced MSK imaging trio—CT, MR, ultrasound—justified for certain trauma patients upon incident and over time

The comprehensive approach may be warranted for patients whose musculoskeletal injuries include fractures of the costal cartilage.