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.
In a lawsuit, the EHR giant accuses Health Gorilla, et al., of posing as patient care entities to gain access to nearly 300,000 medical records, in violation of HIPAA. Health Gorilla vehemently denies the allegations.
The Wall Street Journal obtained a copy of a report from the Senate Judiciary Committee, which reviewed more than 50,000 documents sent by UnitedHealth related to its Medicare Advantage patients. The outlet published the findings of the inquiry.
Less than two years after closing its patient care clinics and selling its telehealth services, Walmart is re-entering healthcare with a new platform to match patients with virtual providers.
HealthExec zooms in on laws passed in Massachusetts, Oregon and California that are set to change how hedge funds interact with patient care organizations.
Make way for MiniMed! Medtronic's diabetes division has filed the necessary paperwork to go public. The company hopes to be traded on Nasdaq under the symbol MMED.
According to a new report by Irving Levin Associates, Inc., the health care merger and acquisition market may be cooling. Spending in the first quarter of this year was half of what it was during the same time last year.
Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Ark) have introduced bi-partisan legislation to delay the mandatory closing of the Federal Helium Reserve this year and ensure the government’s effort to privatize its supply of helium is more orderly
According to the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS) lawsuit, the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Maintenance of Certification program is nothing but a "money making scheme" that violates antitrust law
A radiologist running the Boston Marathon with his daughter, a pediatrician, were among the first health care providers on the scene after bombs exploded at the finish line of the race
A report out today from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) adds urgency to efforts to repeal the SGR formula and keep the pressure on health care cost containment
A new ASRT white paper sounds a warning about technologist training and staffing challenges in an era of shrinking imaging reimbursement and rapid technological change, but also offers ways to correct these issues
New Orleans-based Cook Medical took the opportunity of the SIR meeting to introduce its new fully-retractable .035 inch embolization coil for peripheral arterial and venous embolization