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.
Deerfield Management released details on its latest Healthcare Innovations Fund program, promising to finance “promising therapeutics” and “elevating emerging technologies," including artificial intelligence.
In a lawsuit, plaintiffs allege the company changed course from a long-standing policy of denying medical claims, hiding from investors its impact on profits. The insurer denies any wrongdoing and vowed to defend itself in court.
If President Trump initiates a 25% tariff against pharmaceuticals imported from Ireland, it might impact the price for X-ray iodine contrast agents in the U.S.
Bloomberg writes about a company, Quick Health, run by a former comedy writer, who through a loophole in the law is accused of "hiring" members for fake jobs to enroll them in junk insurance policies.
Reducing price variation in health care for the 108 million Americans with employer-sponsored coverage could save the nation as much as $36 billion per year.
Having a system to easily share medical imaging exams from one facility to another can substantially lower the number of repeat procedures, according to a recent study in The Journal of Roentgenology.
The Society of Interventional Radiology is promising scientific advances and new discoveries at 37th Annual Scientific Meeting March 24-29 in San Francisco.
The American College of Radiology announced a partnership with Harvard Business Publishing to help develop a program as part of the ACR’s new Radiology Leadership Institute.
Marking a stark contrast to the position of the several radiology groups, MedSolutions – a benefit management company – has come out in favor of the President’s proposed budget for its cuts to medical imaging.
The Virginia legislature has passed and the Governor is expected to sign a bill requiring that radiologists test and report breast tissue density as part of a routine mammography exam.