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.
The Wall Street Journal said that President Donald Trump has yet to meet with company representatives. However, UnitedHealth CEO Stephen Hemsley reportedly met with members of the administration in Washington.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of Mo-Vis BVBA joysticks after a faulty firmware version was linked to the malfunction. Users will need to have their devices upgraded.
In a Harris Poll, the vast majority (84%) of frontline healthcare workers expressed dissatisfaction with their jobs, though most said they’d consider staying in their current role if provided an opportunity for education and career advancement.
Last September, Merge Healthcare asked an investment banking firm to solicit offers for the company, but its CEO said last week that it is no longer looking for a buyer
Toronto-based RamSoft's PowerServer Cloud Canada will offer imaging centers and hospitals a secure PIPEDA-compliant cloud-based RIS/PACS that it says will be more affordable because it will not require a major IT investment in onsite servers and can be launched in a matter of weeks
The ACR says more than five million CT scans and nearly three million exams have been added to its Dose Index Registry™, bringing the ACR closer to establishing national benchmarks for CT dose indices
Pediatric CT for minor head injuries and stress tests using echocardiographic images to assess cardiovascular risk in asymptomatic patients are now on the campaign's list of common tests/procedures that are “not always necessary” and may in fact be wasteful and harmful
Wichita State University (WSU) research designed to lower energy and material consumption within radiology also creeps delicately into the clinical decision-making realm where some tests, like MRI, have a bigger carbon footprint than others
Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute proposes a more precise definition system for repeat testing to aid researchers looking at imaging overutilization