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.

ICD-10 Rollback Reflects Lessons Learned from 5010 Integration, Says Coding Director

This week, the DHSS announced proposed rule changes to HIPAA that "would save health care providers and health plans up to $4.6 billion over the next ten years," according to a statement.

Rusckowski Quits Philips Healthcare for Quest CEO Spot

The poaching of Philips Healthcare CEO Steve Rusckowski by Quest Diagnostics this week cleared the way for the Dutch manufacturer to promote from within.

Radiology Associates of New Jersey Joins vRad Partner Diagnostic Imaging Inc.

Minneapolis-based Virtual Radiologic (vRad) continues to grow its national vRad Radiology Alliance network. On Monday, vRad announced that Radiology Associates of New Jersey (RANJ) has joined Diagnostic Imaging Inc. (DII), a vRad Radiology Alliance partner.

Modeling Obese Imaging Phantoms, RPI Researcher Finds Higher Dosages Likely

More than one-third of all Americans are obese, and yet most medical imaging equipment is not designed to accommodate them. This fact also underscores the likelihood of their increased exposure to ionizing radiation, says new researchreported in the journal Physics in Medicine & Biology.

Resolution in Pittsburgh: DOJ Greenlights Highmark BCBS Deal

Sparks are settling in the Steel City as the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) cleared the way for Highmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield to proceed with its half-billion-dollar buy-up of the struggling West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS).

Philip L. Lund Appointed Chief of Staff at Valley Medical Center

The largest nonprofit healthcare provider in the Seattle-Tacoma, WA area has a new Chief-of-Staff.

New PET-CT Biomarker Could Help ID Alzheimer's--if It Works

In the rush to tout Amyvid, the amyloid-plaque-seeking biomarker created by Eli Lilly, as a diagnostic breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, some are urging caution — including the Alzheimer's Association.

Foundation Radiology to Provide 24/7 Reads for United Radiology of MD

Foundation Radiology Group of Pittsburgh, PA signed an exclusive teleradiology deal to read advanced imaging studies performed at the Rockville, MD-based United Radiology.