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.

Former Toshiba Exec to Lead Samsung Health and Medical Equipment Unit

Samsung Electronics America Inc. has appointed Doug Ryan, the former vice president of marketing and strategic development at Toshiba America Medical Systems, as its Group Vice President for Health and Medical Equipment

Merger to Form NY 7-Hospital Mega Network

The Boards of Trustees of the Mount Sinai Medical Center and Continuum Health Partners have voted unanimously to approve joining their institutions into a combined entity that will encompass seven major hospital campuses in the New York metropolitan area

Nine of 33 Pioneer ACOs Exit; Seven Will Migrate to MSSP

While quality and cost data improved overall for the 33 Pioneer ACOs in their first year of operation, CMS announced that nine of them intend to exit the Pioneer ACO program. Two of the nine will leave the program entirely and seven will migrate to the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), which does not require the initial assumption of risk. None of the nine produced shared savings.

RadNet to Aid Study of Potential Alzheimer’s Disease Drug

Two RadNet sites will conduct PET/CT imaging for the Phase 1 trial of E2609, a BACE (beta-site amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme) inhibitor, discovered and developed by Eisai Co., Ltd

North Carolina Breast Density Law Headed to Governor

The House of Representatives of the North Carolina legislature has approved HB 467 the Breast Density Notification and Awareness Act. If signed into law by Governor Pat McCrory, North Carolina will be come the 12th state to require mammography providers to inform patients about their breast density status

Opposition to Device Tax Continues as Industry Payments Pass $1 Billion

MITA, AdvaMed and MDMA say medical device manufacturers have collectively paid over $1 billion to the IRS so far under the new 2.3% medical device tax

Teleradiology Company’s Online Second Opinion Service Gets Notice

USARAD.com may have tapped into an under-appreciated market need judging by local media reaction to its recently launched website that lets patients pay directly for a second opinion on their radiology reports and images

Radiologist Recruitment and Retention: Misconceptions and Best Practices

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Recruitment and retention of the right physicians is one of the most critical practice-building activities in which radiology groups engage, but misconceptions and missteps abound. While the market for new radiologists is less tight than in recent years, practices must exercise caution to ensure they are hiring the right staff members—and must avoid attrition by developing strategies and procedures for effective physician retention.