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.

Some physicians not only avoid burnout but also find fulfillment. Here’s how they do it.
Of surveyed and interviewed U.S. physicians who showed significant six-month improvement in follow-up vs. baseline wellness checks, 47% attributed the gain to active personal changes. Not far behind were those who credited active work-related changes—40% of the field.
Mayo Clinic, Thermo Fisher Scientific launch new AI-supported diagnostics company
The new entity, Precure, will be owned by both groups. Its work in detecting early disease for timely intervention stems from a research project launched this summer. The Mayo Clinic said Precure will make the results of that initiative actionable.
HHS-OIG audit finds that major Medicare Advantage insurers engaged in $180M of alleged upcoding
The payers in question, Humana and UnitedHealthcare, deny any wrongdoing and are not obligated to pay back any money.
$5.2B healthcare RCM giant Waystar seeking buyer, report reveals
Any negotiations are currently in the early stages, sources told Reuters. If a deal closes, Waystar could be taken off the stock market and restructure itself as a private business.
3 ways to cut specialists’ wait times without adding more specialists
Add lanes to a highway and the traffic only gets more congested. Add doctors to a local health system and waiting times increase. What explains these parallel paradoxes?

Global ultrasound ‘bubble community’ rallies around Ukrainian children in need of imaging

An international nonprofit medical society is teaming with a supplier of ultrasound contrast media to aid pediatric patients in Ukraine.

‘Vast and diverse’ repository of image data goes open-access for healthcare AI researchers

A small medtech outfit in North Carolina is opening its trove of medical imaging datasets to academic researchers working to develop AI applications for healthcare.

Seeds planted for a needs-based, radiology-specific AI curriculum

There’s no shortage of educational resources for teaching radiologists at all learning levels the principles and particulars of medical AI, but the need for radiology-specific materials is pronounced, according to a study published June 23.

2 imaging AI vendors teaming up to present 1 point of sale

A healthcare AI platform supplier headquartered in Scotland is collaborating on marketing with a San Francisco-based AI startup co-founded and -led by a radiologist.

Court hits technologist with monetary remedies, permanent injunction

The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) has won a lawsuit totaling $56,664 against a former technologist who repeatedly falsified ARRT’s trademarked credentials.

Established imaging AI developer reaches $250M funding mark

A top attractor of investors interested in medical imaging AI has drawn in a fresh $110 million.

3D hologram system for guiding precision surgery gets FDA nod

The FDA has approved an augmented reality system that renders 3D holograms from CT images to guide surgeons operating the spine such that they don’t need to toggle their eyes between the patient and a monitor.

Radiologist pay, productivity jostled by pandemic recovery, CMS coding changes

Diagnostic radiology saw its median compensation rise just 1.6% from 2020 to 2021. On the other hand, interventional radiology enjoyed a 9.9% raise.

Business Intelligence

Some physicians not only avoid burnout but also find fulfillment. Here’s how they do it.

Mayo Clinic, Thermo Fisher Scientific launch new AI-supported diagnostics company

HHS-OIG audit finds that major Medicare Advantage insurers engaged in $180M of alleged upcoding

$5.2B healthcare RCM giant Waystar seeking buyer, report reveals

3 ways to cut specialists’ wait times without adding more specialists