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.
Chapter, a technology company based in New York City, said it tripled its revenue last year by filling a market niche designing technology for seniors—specifically, those who have questions about the Medicare program.
The publicly traded EHR and cloud healthcare IT infrastructure company confirmed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that hackers were able to breach its network in March for roughly eight hours, gaining partial access to patient record stores. The incident is being investigated.
The policy shift by Aetna to reimburse hospital stays of fewer than five days as outpatient observation encounters went into effect in January. The insurer implemented the policy to reduce friction with hospitals that previously had to seek approval for inpatient reimbursement, which was often denied. Jefferson Health is challenging the changes in court.
On Tuesday, a judge formally rejected a motion by the company to have the case dismissed. Carelon Behavioral Health, a subsidiary of Elevance, is accused of publishing an inaccurate directory of providers for those seeking mental health services.
The cloud infrastructure company said in a recent investor meeting that its heavy spending on AI has been complicated by the global GPU and CPU shortage. Some 10,000 workers have reportedly been laid off, but the true number is unknown.
MRI scanner OEMs will soon face increased pressure to differentiate machines in their R&D pipelines with superconducting magnets, open designs, AI integrations and—maybe most challenging—potential for portability.
In-person attendance for RSNA 2022 dipped by more than 11,000 compared with the last conference held before the global descent of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Dallas-based company says its product incorporates bias-busting algorithms that overcome the lack of diverse populations available for model training.
Acotec, founded in 2008, designs and distributes a wide range of medical devices used in interventional cardiology, including drug-coated balloons and thrombus aspiration catheters.
An AI startup has been cleared to market a platform for precisely mapping prostate cancer with 3D visualization so the tumor can be treated without harm to healthy surrounding prostate tissue.