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.
Magellan Health Services Inc., health benefits management company based in Avon, Conn., says its second-quarter earnings rose 17% despite some rising expenses
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
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
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
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Wage and Salary Survey indicates that the average salaries of radiologic technologists rose by 1.7 percent in the past three years and now average $62,763
Texas Radiology Associates LLP, of Plano will be able to better serve more patients starting next year thanks to its new contract with health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
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
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