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.

Healthcare AI today: AI-enabled layoffs, following the AI money, AI to unscrew healthcare, more
A network of more than 100 clinics is leveraging AI to lay off more than 175 of its 2,500 or so nonclinical staff by early November.
Data-blocking antitrust lawsuit against Epic can move forward, judge rules
Epic’s attempt to have a lawsuit filed by startup Particle Health dismissed was unsuccessful. However, a U.S. district court judge narrowed the claims and rejected accusations that Epic engaged in defamation.
Employer-sponsored health plans to see 7% jump in premiums, survey finds
Consulting firm Mercer said employers are prepared to deploy cost-cutting measures, including better management of high-cost claims. However, Americans who get insurance through their workplace are likely to face higher out-of-pocket expenses, such as co-pays and deductibles.
Healthcare AI today: Healthcare AI on Capitol Hill, hospital leadership’s eye on AI, publicly traded AI recalls, more
AI could appreciably improve the delivery of healthcare services to patients—if only people trusted it. For many, the difference-maker would be nicely crafted federal regulations.
FDA designates recall of Hamilton breathing circuits a Class I
Two lots of breathing circuits manufactured by Hamilton Medical have a defect that could cause the tubing to splinter. The affected devices must be quarantined, as they cannot be safely used on patients.

GE Healthcare Hires Siemens Veteran

GE Healthcare recently announced it hired Richard Hausmann, a 23-year veteran of Siemens, to head its Magnetic Resonance business.

Scripps Acquires La Jolla Radiology

Continuing a nationwide trend of health care mergers, the 27 physicians of La Jolla Radiology Medical Group in San Diego recently signed a deal to join Scripps Clinic Medical Group, comprised of more than 400 physicians in more than 50 subspecialties, according to its press release.

WellPoint to Cover Lung CT for Heavy Smokers

Indianapolis-based insurer WellPoint is first out of the gate among the nation's insurers in deciding to cover low-dose CT screening for lung cancer in heavy smokers, company spokesperson Jill A. Becher confirmed to ImagingBiz today.

Health IT Adoption Doubles in Two Years, Creates 50,000 Jobs

A report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says adoption of health information technology by doctors has doubled in two years and created more than 50,000 jobs.

GE's Radiology App Gains FDA Approval

Applications for iPhone and iPad devices just got a lot more sophisticated as radiologists will now be able to remotely diagnose patient images from GE’s Centricity PACS.

RSNA Announces New Leaders

The Radiological Society of North America’s new president, George S. Bisset III, M.D., says he wants to improve member benefits through more interactive forms of education, according to an RSNA press release.

Familiarity With Imaging Procedures Increases Patient Acceptance, Siemens Survey Shows

A new survey indicates that patients' decision of whether or not to undergo a given imaging procedure correlates closely with their awareness of and familiarity with that particular test.

Obama Administration Eases Up on EHR Regulations

The Obama administration today announced that it would relax certain health care regulations as a component of its push to create jobs without waiting for any action by Congress.

Business Intelligence

Healthcare AI today: AI-enabled layoffs, following the AI money, AI to unscrew healthcare, more

Data-blocking antitrust lawsuit against Epic can move forward, judge rules

Employer-sponsored health plans to see 7% jump in premiums, survey finds

Healthcare AI today: Healthcare AI on Capitol Hill, hospital leadership’s eye on AI, publicly traded AI recalls, more

FDA designates recall of Hamilton breathing circuits a Class I