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.

Samsung buys Xealth to integrate consumer wearables and clinical data
Xealth’s data sharing platform will be used to make use of health information gathered from everyday devices like the Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch, the companies said.
CVS hit with $949M judgment over fraudulent Omnicare prescriptions
The pharmacy chain said it plans to appeal the ruling. The complaint was brought by a former employee turned whistleblower who alleged that Omnicare had billed the government for millions of unnecessary prescriptions.
Report: DOJ questioning doctors linked to possible Medicare fraud at UnitedHealth
According to the Wall Street Journal, the OIG and FBI are also involved in the DOJ's criminal probe into alleged incidents of upcoding by the Medicare Advantage insurer. UnitedHealth denied any wrongdoing.
Private equity firm buys health data analytics company Arcadia
With the buyout, global private equity investor Nordic Capital makes a big bet on healthcare AI. Arcadia said the influx of cash will be used to improve its technology and find new sources for data it can use for quality care initiatives.
Healthcare AI today: Mayo book, fraud busting, ‘shapeless monsters,’ more
Some AI researchers have taken to calling certain LLMs ‘Shoggoths.’ Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Force 3 Acquires secureRAD, Expands into Cloud Image-Sharing

Maryland-based IT developer Force 3, a provider of dental imaging for military customers, has acquired secureRAD of Annapolis, MD, which develops secure, cloud-based image-sharing technologies.

GE, Affibody to Collaborate on Her2 PET Agent

GE Healthcare signed a deal with Swedish contrast agent developer Affibody AB for the development of a PET imaging agent that targets Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (Her2), a breast cancer biomarker.

Mach 7 Technologies, Logicalis Sign Cross-Marketing Agreement

Global image-sharing provider Mach 7 Technologies inked a cross-marketing deal today with IT solutions provider Logicalis for the provision of vendor-neutral cloud archiving solutions worldwide.

The key products involved in the deal include the M7T Keystone Suite Enterprise Clinical Imaging Platform and the Logicalis Enterprise Cloud solution.

Radisphere Nets Red Herring Top 100 Award

Radiology practice group Radisphere has been named a 2012 Red Herring Top 100 North America award winner.

MU Docs Suspected of Medicare Fraud--Par for the Course in the Reform Era?

Radiologists Kenneth Rall and Michael Richards were terminated from the Missouri University Health System today after a yearlong internal investigation revealed that they had committed Medicare fraud.

Open-Source Medical Devices Could Prevent Injuries, Deaths

An article in the latest issue of The Economist advocates for open-source software coding to become standard practice in medical device development.

Maine HIE Launches Statewide Imaging Archive

The 23rd state admitted to the United States is now claiming to be its first with a statewide medical image archive.

CA Breast Density Legislation Passes State Senate

California’s breast density legislation took another step forward this week, as it was passed unanimously (39-0) by the state Senate.

Business Intelligence

Samsung buys Xealth to integrate consumer wearables and clinical data

CVS hit with $949M judgment over fraudulent Omnicare prescriptions

Report: DOJ questioning doctors linked to possible Medicare fraud at UnitedHealth

Private equity firm buys health data analytics company Arcadia

Healthcare AI today: Mayo book, fraud busting, ‘shapeless monsters,’ more