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.

ACO Pilots Show Lower Cost Increases, Improved Care

Preliminary results from two accountable care organization (ACO) pilot projects undertaken by CIGNA indicate that both are achieving lowered growth in healthcare costs as well as simultaneous improvements in the caliber of patient care.

Insight Imaging Emerges from Chapter 11, Ready to Buy

Insight Health Services Holdings Corp., a provider of fixed-site and mobile diagnostic imaging services under the Insight Imaging name, late last week announced its emergence from Chapter 11 restructuring, thereby eliminating nearly $300 million of long-term debt. A new, $17.5 million revolving credit facility with Healthcare Finance Group will be

Radiation Threat From Airport Scanners Not Significant, Study Finds

Airport scanners pose no significant radiation threat to air travelers, according to a study published the March 28 online issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

AMA Launches First-Ever Physician App

The American Medical Association (AMA) today introduced its first-ever app designed specifically for a physician audience.

Study Links Parenchymal Pattern Analysis, Cancer Risk Assessment

Analyzing mammographic parenchymal patterns to measure the density of breast tissue has the potential to help clinicians better determine a woman's breast cancer risk as well as lead to better patient care by enabling more accurate density measurements.

ANSI Project Explores Impact Of Unauthorized Health Info Access

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Shared Assessments Program earlier this week launched an initiative aimed at exploring the financial impact of unauthorized access to personal health information (PHI). Conceived with a goal of identifying frameworks for determining the economic impact of any disclosure or breach of protected

Office-Based Physicians Play Critical Economic Role

Office-based physicians play a vital role in national and state economies by supporting jobs, purchasing goods and services, and generating tax revenue, according to a recent report released by the American Medical Association. In 2009, AMA research indicates, office-based physicians contributed $1.4 trillion in economic activity and supported four

U.S. On Target For Healthcare Reform

The nation remains on track to implement healthcare reform by 2014, a top Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) executive tells healthcare officials in Tennessee this week.