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.

New Analysis Bolsters Validity of Low-Dose CT Screening for Lung Cancer

The analysis confirmed the results of the initial study publication and concluded that a reduction in U.S. lung cancer deaths might be possible if low-dose CT screening is offered to patients at centers with staff experienced in CT

ACR Offers Scholarships to Help Residents and Fellows Attend Radiology Leadership Institute

Applications are now open for radiology residents and fellows who wish to attend the ACR Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) Annual Event that will be held from July 25–28 at the Kellogg School of Management on Northwestern University’s Evanston, Ill, campus

ACR Elects New President and Officers

Albert L. Blumberg, MD, FACR, chair of the department of radiation oncology at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, is the new president of the ACR

FDA Recognizes MITA for Work on Reducing CT Radiation Doses

The work of the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) on CT imaging radiation safety instructional materials has earned it the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Director’s Special Citation Award

Statread Bloggers Cover RBMA

Imagingbiz editors Cheryl Proval and Cat Vasko returned from RBMA last week bursting with news. Here are their thoughts on the conference

Communication During and After Tornado Proves Key for Oklahoma Imaging Provider

Eagle Imaging CEO Eric Slimmer, RT, was attending the RBMA conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., when the F5 tornado hit Moore, Okla., and filled the small Community Hospital ER his practice supported with victims

Calif Unveils State Exchange Players, Rates

Covered California, the state’s health-care insurance exchange, named the 13 participants that will offer the four-tiered health-care insurance policies in 19 designated regions in California, where as many as 5 million residents are expected to obtain insurance for 2014, the Los Angeles Times reports

Intermountain Healthcare to Track Patients' Cumulative Radiation Exposure

The Salt Lake City, Utah-based nonprofit health system that has made a name for itself as an innovator is now the first such organization to tackle the problem of how to monitor patients' cumulative radiation exposure over a lifetime