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.

CHIME Recommends 1-Year Extension on Stage 2 of Meaningful Use

Rather than a “reboot” of the meaningful use incentive program — as six Republican Senators asked for last month — the program just needs more time, say executives at the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives

Visage Imaging Signs Deal with vRad

San Diego-based Visage Imaging Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Ltd. ,has signed a five-year agreement with vRad to implement the Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform

ACCP Backs Low-Dose CT Screening for Lung Cancer

New screening recommendations from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) recommend offering low-dose CT chest imaging as a lung cancer screening test in patients at high risk of lung cancer

Radiology Still Top Three in Highest Paid Specialties

The annual Medscape Physician Compensation Report puts the average radiologist's income at $349K, but the rate of compensation increase &mdash a tiny 1% from 2011 — is near the bottom for medical specialties

Hologic Reports Net Loss of $51.1 million

Its second quarter revenue of $619.1 million missed its projected revenue by $20.43 million and sent its stock price down 3 percent

Adventist Health Settles False Claim Suit for $14.1 Million

Adventist Health System/West and its affiliated hospital White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles will pay the government $14.1 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act

Just 12% of ACR Members Contribute to RADPAC

In the Board of Chancellors report to members at the ACR’s Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference, Paul H. Ellenbogen, MD, FACR, BOC chair, highlighted the low percentage of members who contribute to the organization’s political action committee, RADPAC, as an opportunity for improvement

UltraSPECT Hopes For Sales Boost From Partnership With PharmaLogic

Nuclear medicine image reconstruction company UltraSPECT has formed a distribution agreement with PharmaLogic to sell more of its UltraSPECT's Cardiac and Bone imaging applications to PharmaLogic’s hospital and imaging center customers