Avoiding CT scans of the head in emergency department patients with minor head injuries who are at low risk based on validated decision rules came in first on the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) list of questionable procedures for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Choosing Wisely effort

Medical practices that once focused almost solely on the quality of care are increasingly including profitability and long-term viability in their strategic plans.

On September 8, at the California Radiological Society’s 2012 Annual Meeting & Leadership Summit in San Francisco, Paul Chang, MD, presented “Developing and Deploying Business Dashboards and Scorecards in Radiology.”

Welcome to the inaugural issue of MedAnalytx, the web journal of business analytics and informatics for the health-care practice.

To many people, the evolution of the US health-care system is something taking place through the legislative process—in particular, the 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

However, medical device developers may get another run at ending the 2.3% excise tax on medical devices soon

In one of his first public speaking opportunities since leaving his position as head of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology, Farzad Mostashari, MD, expressed some concerns he could not have shared before leaving the ONC

A study on how access to a health information exchange (HIE) in South Carolina impacted emergency department care costs found that nearly half of the more than $1 million in savings documented was due to a reduction in the need for ordering imaging tests