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.

Toshiba America Medical Systems Names New VP of Business Operations

Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. (TAMS) has named Calum Cunningham vice president, Business Operations. In his new role, Cunningham is responsible for Toshiba's business operations, specifically in maintaining customer satisfaction.

RSNA Image Share Project Reports High-level of Patient Engagement

Two months after activating all four sites of a study into portable, patient-controlled medical records, a Mt. Sinai researcher is seeing evidence that his model could help drive down imaging costs through an innovative, open-source model.

Castlight Bumps up to $180M with Latest Financing

Castlight Health, the company that facilitates healthcare e-consumerism, set a niche record today for the most amount of money raised by an HIT start-up, according to Forbes.

Study Blames High Prices, Technology for U.S. Health Care Costs

In a per-capita comparison among a dozen other Western nations, the United States is far and away the price leader in healthcare if not the utilization leader, according to a new report from policy group The Commonwealth Fund.

Today in Breast Density: NY State Senator Seeks Coverage for Adjunctive Screenings

In New York, a pair of state legislatorss held a press conference today stumping for mandatory insurance coverage for adjunctive breast cancer screenings, reports the Albany Times Union.

MITA Study: 90% of Patients Denied Imaging Services Were Covered at the Time

A four-year retroactive study by the Patient Advocacy Foundation (PAF) has determined that insurance should have covered 90 percent of some 4,000 Americans denied access to needed medical imaging services.

ACR Elects New Officers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has elected new officers for the year.

New Research Re-ignites Mammography Debate

The national mammogram debate intensified this week with the release of a pair of studies that opened old wounds about the recommended frequency of preventive studies for women in their 40s.