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.

Gate Stroke Center Study Finds Toshiba’s Aquilion ONE CT Improves Acute Stroke Diagnoses

Kaleida Health’s Gates Stroke Center (GSC) at the Gates Vascular Institute in Buffalo, N.Y. recently completed the second phase of its study analyzing the patient and fiscal benefits of using Toshiba America Medical System, Inc.’s Aquilion ONE CT system in diagnosing acute stroke.

Laxative-Free CT Colonography Shows Promise, but Needs Fine-Tuning

Laxative-free CT colonography might be on its way to greater adoption, say researchers at Harvard Medical School, but the technology still has some holes in its game.

Radiologist's Stalker Collared on Misdemeanor Charges

A former hospital employee who violated a restraining order placed against her by a St. Paul, MN radiologist is now facing misdemeanor charges in county court, according to the Pioneer Press.

Brachytherapy Defenders Challenge JAMA Study as Old News

The purpose of radiation therapy is to spare breast cancer patients the discomfort and disfigurement of a mastectomy. In recent years, a variety of technologies have emerged that offer alternative treatment delivery methods. But how effective are they?

Radiology Acquisitions and Change Management: RadNet’s Approach

VMG

Change is rarely easy, but Mark Stolper, executive vice president and CFO of RadNet, Inc (Los Angeles, California), says that it does not have to be painful. Communicating a workable vision and working with existing stakeholders can make all the difference because an acquisition has many moving parts. With 233 imaging centers now operating under

Enhancing Service to Referrers: Progressive Radiology Case Study

Sponsored by Intelerad

Progressive Radiology was facing a problem familiar to many radiology practices: Hospital IT policies were interfering with its ability to deliver images and reports to referrers. Dominic Mezzanotte is director of information systems at the practice, which has 10 locations in Maryland. “We struggled with some of our top referrers, who are part of a

CMS Relaxes Rules on Ordering and Documenting Imaging Services

Two years ago, CMS published an interim final rule¹ (with a comment period) implementing several changes to the Medicare and Medicaid programs mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The interim final rule of May 2010 established new rules on obtaining and maintaining written orders for imaging services, as well as orders or

Four Ways Radiology Groups Can Use Data in Hospital Contracting

MMP

The very nature of many radiology groups’ governance structures—highly democratic, split among multiple partners, and with each partner’s vote given equal weight—creates an unfortunate tendency toward emotional decision making. As the inside joke goes, in a radiology practice, you call 99 votes versus one vote a tie. Decision making can easily be