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.

Healthcare AI today: AI-enabled layoffs, following the AI money, AI to unscrew healthcare, more
A network of more than 100 clinics is leveraging AI to lay off more than 175 of its 2,500 or so nonclinical staff by early November.
Data-blocking antitrust lawsuit against Epic can move forward, judge rules
Epic’s attempt to have a lawsuit filed by startup Particle Health dismissed was unsuccessful. However, a U.S. district court judge narrowed the claims and rejected accusations that Epic engaged in defamation.
Employer-sponsored health plans to see 7% jump in premiums, survey finds
Consulting firm Mercer said employers are prepared to deploy cost-cutting measures, including better management of high-cost claims. However, Americans who get insurance through their workplace are likely to face higher out-of-pocket expenses, such as co-pays and deductibles.
Healthcare AI today: Healthcare AI on Capitol Hill, hospital leadership’s eye on AI, publicly traded AI recalls, more
AI could appreciably improve the delivery of healthcare services to patients—if only people trusted it. For many, the difference-maker would be nicely crafted federal regulations.
FDA designates recall of Hamilton breathing circuits a Class I
Two lots of breathing circuits manufactured by Hamilton Medical have a defect that could cause the tubing to splinter. The affected devices must be quarantined, as they cannot be safely used on patients.

Two-Midnights Rule Reduces Hospital Admissions

A change in reimbursement rules designed to cut down on overuse of observations stays for Medicare patients has pushed hospital admission rates down to the lowest number seen in a decade on a monthly survey conducted by Citi Research

ACR and MITA Come to Defense of Clinical Decision Support

Both organizations issued statements underlining their support for clinical decision support in advanced imaging following a op-ed by American Enterprise Institute fellow Scott Gottleib, MD.

ACR Updates Appropriateness Criteria

The latest version of the American College of Radiology's guidelines updated 29 appropriateness criteria topics and added 12 new criteria

Alliance Sells Radiology 24|7 to ONRAD

Radiology and radiation therapy services provider Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc, has sold its subsidiary Radiology 24|7, LLC, to teleradiology group ONRAD Inc. Radiology 24|7 generates approximately $15 million of revenue each year

6 Top Trends From RSNA 2013

The Radiological Society of North America's annual conference continues to be the place to take the pulse of the industry, and these were the top trends spotted by our reporting team

The 101 Largest Radiology Practices of 2013

The consolidation trend gathered steam in the radiology private-practice sector in 2013, a year in which the average size of the nation’s largest private practices increased from 46 FTE radiologist in 2012 to 50

Baron and Dunnick Named to Top Spots at RSNA

The Radiological Society of North American announced that Richard L. Baron, M.D., FACR, is its new Board chairman and N. Reed Dunnick, M.D., is its new president

No Bump in RSNA Attendance this Year

Preliminary numbers released by the Radiological Society of North America show that attendance was similar to last year's numbers

Business Intelligence

Healthcare AI today: AI-enabled layoffs, following the AI money, AI to unscrew healthcare, more

Data-blocking antitrust lawsuit against Epic can move forward, judge rules

Employer-sponsored health plans to see 7% jump in premiums, survey finds

Healthcare AI today: Healthcare AI on Capitol Hill, hospital leadership’s eye on AI, publicly traded AI recalls, more

FDA designates recall of Hamilton breathing circuits a Class I