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.

Labcorp expands use of digital pathology with renewed PathAI partnership
Laborp said the platform from PathAI will allow it to move all laboratory workflow digital, including slide review. The onboard artificial intelligence aims to simplify diagnostics, improving accuracy and turnaround time.
Hospitals accounted for 40% of spike in healthcare spending, far more than any other category: KFF
The study by the nonprofit KFF is focused on the jump in overall healthcare prices from 2022 to 2024, with hospitals leading as a result of both delayed care from the pandemic and an increase in prices for services.
Novartis building massive new radioligand manufacturing facility as part of $23B investment in US
The 46,000 square foot Denton site will be the fifth Novartis has constructed stateside. The company expects it to be fully operational by 2028.
FDA announces recall on infusion systems after software anomaly injures 2 patients
The recall has been designated as the most serious, Class I, but the issue can be remedied with a software update. The affected devices are Ivenix Large Volume Pumps manufactured by Fresenius Kabi.
Walgreens cuts 628 jobs and closes distribution facility, alarming private equity watchdog
Sycamore Partners took over the struggling retail pharmacy chain roughly six months ago, and the Private Equity Stakeholder Project fears early staffing cuts and store closures could spell trouble for the long-term health of the newly restructured business.

Survey spurred by ‘general need for more public transparency’ sheds light on editorial leadership at imaging journals

At scientific journals focused on medical imaging, 82% of editors-in-chief and 30% of editorial board members receive financial compensation for these side jobs.

2 imaging technologies cleared for respective markets

The FDA has approved a CT guidance system for interventional radiologists performing percutaneous procedures with robotics. And the European Union has greenlit a family of mobile CT scanners.

7-state imaging powerhouse consolidates presence in the Garden State

An investor-backed practice in the Northeast has acquired the radiology operations of a practice that runs six imaging centers in New Jersey.

Burnout-busting partnership said to signal ‘a major shift in how physicians will be supported in the future’

A telehealth practice active in all 50 states has hired a similarly sprawling behavioral-health consultancy to provide physicians with pro-wellbeing, anti-burnout counseling and related services.

GE nudges GE HealthCare to the edge of decisive departure

GE HealthCare just got pushed closer to the point at which it will have to spread its wings and fly unassisted from its parent’s nest.

10 industry names in the news of late

No. 4: Amgen supplies HHS with drug used to fight blood cell injuries from acute radiation syndrome in radiological and nuclear emergencies (Oct. 4).

Iodine contrast being loaded into a contrast injector in preparation for a cardiac CT scan at Duly Health and Care in Lisle, Illinois. The contrast shortage is causing some healthcare organizations to postpone exams and procedures and ration contrast supplies. Photo by Dave Fornell

‘Relatively new’ contrast vendor releases second generic agent

A global tech and pharma supplier that introduced a generic equivalent to GE Healthcare’s Visipaque during the height of the 2022 contrast shortage has begun offering a substitute for Guerbet’s Dotarem.

Female Medical Research Scientist Working with Brain Scans

FDA approves AI analysis of high-grade gliomas

An AI startup in the neuro-oncology space has received the government’s go-ahead to market software for analyzing certain fast-growing brain tumors on MRI.

Business Intelligence

Labcorp expands use of digital pathology with renewed PathAI partnership

Hospitals accounted for 40% of spike in healthcare spending, far more than any other category: KFF

Novartis building massive new radioligand manufacturing facility as part of $23B investment in US

FDA announces recall on infusion systems after software anomaly injures 2 patients

Walgreens cuts 628 jobs and closes distribution facility, alarming private equity watchdog