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.
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.
The Pennsylvania-based drug distributor announced it would be buying OneOncology, a physician-led specialty service group in which it already owned a minority stake. The company said the acquisition will complement its "pharmaceutical-centric strategy."
Paxton says the “woke” EHR giant is intentionally making it harder for patients and families to access historical medical data, violating state law. Epic denies the allegation.
According to its second annual global healthcare data management survey, BridgeHead Software reports that “healthcare leaders around the world” say that PACS accounts for the biggest share of their data.
Congress has removed a major roadblock to the Food and Drug Administration's regulation of medical mobile apps by modifying a section of the FDA Saftey and Innovation Act (S:3187).
Lack of a permanent sustainable growth rate (SGR) fix for Medicare physician payments and accountable care organization (ACO) payment models that ask practices to share financial risk with payors top the list of concerns of members of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)/American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE).
The Supreme Court has ruled that the mandate that all Americans purchase health insurance is constitutional because it is a kind of tax that Congress has the right to levy. The justices rejected the idea that it falls under the power of Congress to regulate commerce between the states.
One year into the implementation of the Connecticut law that provides additional information to dense-breasted women about their risk for breast cancer, a study published in the journal Radiology looked into the benefits of adjunctive screening for such patients.
Last week, Siemens Healthcare opened a brand new factory in Wood Dale, IL for the refurbishment of its devices, including its CT, MR, and molecular imaging technologies.
By a vote of 92-4, the U.S. Senate approved the final version of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (S.3187) and therefore the collection of $6 billion in medical device user fees throughout the next five years.