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.

GE Makes Major Donation to Radiology Leadership Institute

GE Healthcare announced that it has made a “significant” donation to the ACR Foundation’s Leading Radiology into the Future campaign, although neither GE nor the ACR disclosed the exact amount

USPSTF Issues Draft Recommendation for Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening

The influential U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued a draft grade “B” recommendation in favor of annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose CT in current or former heavy smokers between the ages 55 of 79

Zotec to Acquire MMP for $200 Million

Zotec Partners LLC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the stock of Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), a subsidiary of the publicly traded CBIZ, Inc., and take the company private.

AHRA and Toshiba Now Accepting Putting Patients First Grant Applications

For the sixth year in a row, Toshiba America Medical Systems is teaming with AHRA to offer grants to winning imaging education and patient care improvement programs at hospitals and imaging centers

RBM Business Booms for Magellan

Magellan Health Services Inc., health benefits management company based in Avon, Conn., says its second-quarter earnings rose 17% despite some rising expenses

Canon Celebrates Grand Opening of New Americas Headquarters

Canon U.S.A. Inc. invited notable elected officials, including Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), to tour its new 700,000-square-foot headquarters in Melville, NY, at the grand opening ceremony

House Subcommittee Approves Permanent SGR Fix

The draft bill to permanently repeal the now 15-year-old Medicare sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula was approved by a voice vote by the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee and will now be considered by the full Committee

North Carolina Passes Breast Density Law

Governor Pat McCrory has HB 467, the Breast Density Notification & Awareness bill, into law making North Carolina the 12th state requiring mammography providers to inform patients about their breast density. It also makes a correction to a statute involving the cancer registry