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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Speaking to attendees of the ACR’s second annual Radiology Leadership Institute event, former Senate Majority and Minority Leader Tom Daschle said he thought use of the ACR’s imaging utilization management system — which combines clinical decision support (CDS) with ACR appropriateness criteria — should be mandated by law
The behavior of Kansas radiologist Heidi Lynn Webster, MD, at her arraignment on charges that she and her business partners engaged in fraud and bribery was disruptive enough to earn her 30 days in jail
The FDA yesterday announced a Class I recall of 22 different models of nuclear cameras sold by GE Healthcare, some of which have been on the market since 1992
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
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 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.
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