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.
Citing evidence from documents and interviews, the Guardian released an exposé accusing UnitedHealth of directly influencing the day-to-day operations of some 2,000 nursing homes, resulting in patients not receiving necessary emergency care.
Here’s a big thing to watch for in the wake of the President’s flashy Middle East tour: the AI “acceleration partnership” between the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates.
John Simon, MD, is a big advocate for these elective exams, but the American College of Radiology and some members of the specialty oppose this practice.
KFF Health News interviewed multiple independent pharmacies for a new report, detailing their basements full of generic and specialty drugs as a hedge against supply shocks.
Viztek says it is now the first PACS vendor to provide viewing capabilities for digital breast tomosynthesis imaging and eliminate the need for a stand-alone viewing system
The cost of the 2.3% excise tax on the manufacturers of medical devices will come out of money spent on research and development, and the pockets of patients, predicts the nonpartisan research organization
Under Federal anti-kickback regulations, giving referring physicians software has long counted as a valuable gift that could induce improper referrals. Now the government is recognizing that this well intentioned regulation may be harming efforts to increase interoperability of electronic health records (EHRs)
Health care employment rose by in March to 14,516,600 people, making it one of the few bright spots in the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly jobs report
The technology could allow brain imaging of patients such as infants, children or adults with conditions that make holding still without restraints and anesthesia difficult
Merge Healthcare Inc. has commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of its $252 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 11.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2015
Starting on January 1, 2014, all mammography providers in Hawaii must inform women with dense breast tissue about their breast density status at the time they deliver mammography results.