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.

New business model helps private cardiology practices stay independent
The new approach allows private practices to expand and evolve without being acquired.
Healthcare price transparency startup earns $40M in seed funding, bringing the total to $95M
San Diego-based Turquoise Health was founded in 2020 and has evolved to be a healthcare pricing engine used to develop health plan networks and contract rates. The company said its end goal is complete price transparency to make it easier for all organizations and patients to navigate the U.S. healthcare system.
Sutter Health to scoop up Allina Health, form new $26B nonprofit health system
The two not-for-profit health systems announced the merger on Wednesday. Although the deal won’t be finalized for some time, they teased new investments that will bring 39 hospitals and more than 400 primary and specialty care sites under the banner of a new Sutter Health.
FDA issues emergency alert on surgical stapler reloads after 1 death, 4 injuries
The problem is limited to surgical stapler reloads used by the da Vinci robot, specifically those manufactured by Intuitive Surgical. The FDA said it’s currently investigating why the reloads are leaving incomplete line formations. For now, they need to be pulled from all patient care settings.
Stolen data complaint against Geisinger Health, Nuance Communications settled for $5M
The caper was carried out by a former employee of Nuance Communications, a Microsoft subsidiary. According to court documents, the man used his credentials to access patient data from 1.3 million patients at Geisinger. Police said they found the trove stored on a flash drive in his car.

Imaging industry names in the news: Canon, Medality, Viz.ai, more

Promaxo Inc. of Oakland, Calif., sold eight of its systems for performing AI-equipped, MRI-guided prostate interventions in the fourth quarter of 2022. The company launched a year prior and has now topped $15 million in sales.

Fysicon’s QMAPP Hemodynamic Monitoring Device

Canon Medical Systems announces new partnership focused on enterprise imaging and hemodynamics

The partnership is with ScImage, a California-based healthcare technology company known for its extensive EI background.

Groups clash with CMS over independent dispute resolution

The heads of RBMA and three other medical management associations are locking arms and pointing their voices in the general direction of Washington.

M&A mergers and acquisitions business deal

GE HealthCare eyes IR guidance company, releases revenue results

Less than a week after ringing the Nasdaq opening bell to showcase its long-awaited independence, GE HealthCare has announced a first strategic acquisition is in the works.

Autonomous radiology stalwart taking health insurance internal

The independent-practice coalition Strategic Radiology has founded a captive health insurance program to offer its 1,500 or so member physicians and their respective support staffs.

GE HealthCare hires former Amazon, FDA exec to oversee science and technology operations

A med-tech leader of note is taking skills refined at Amazon, the FDA and the CDC to GE HealthCare, where he will serve as the newly independent company’s first CTO.

Imaging industry names in the news: GE HealthCare, OncoNano, NeuroLogica, NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and Inhibrx

GE HealthCare has begun trading as an independent company on the Nasdaq exchange. To mark the occasion and showcase its completed spinoff from General Electric, the company remotely rang the opening bell at Nasdaq from its manufacturing facility in Waukesha, Wis.

Radiologists 2 of the 3 best-paid physicians in Canadian maritime province

A published list shows all three grossing an annual salary of at least $1.95 million in Canadian Medicare billings.

Business Intelligence

New business model helps private cardiology practices stay independent

Healthcare price transparency startup earns $40M in seed funding, bringing the total to $95M

Sutter Health to scoop up Allina Health, form new $26B nonprofit health system

FDA issues emergency alert on surgical stapler reloads after 1 death, 4 injuries

Stolen data complaint against Geisinger Health, Nuance Communications settled for $5M