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.

Products from Avenda Health, Imagen Technologies, Ultromics OK’d for use in the US

An AI startup has been cleared to market a platform for precisely mapping prostate cancer with 3D visualization so the tumor can be treated without harm to healthy surrounding prostate tissue.

What do Google and Amazon really want from medical imaging?

Big Tech’s recent expansions into medical imaging have business watchers scrambling to decipher the unspoken stratagems beneath the conspicuous moves.

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Growing contrast concerns accompany rising MRI volumes

More than half of surveyed radiologists worry about MRI contrast availability, yet almost all—99%—wish for contrast agents that would cut current gadolinium concentrations at least in half.

RSNA speakers extol advantages of informed imaging consumers

Last fall Yale Radiology began offering users of its EHR-based patient portal a link to a page on RadiologyInfo.org headed “How to read your radiology report.” The page drew 400 or so clicks in its first two weeks. Today it’s getting 5,000 to 10,000 a month.

Experienced teleradiologist shares 3 ‘remedies’ for work-from-home ailments

Remote radiology is not without its formidable challenges. A longtime veteran of the model discussed a number of these in a session at RSNA 2022.

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RadNet and Google Health join forces to use AI for lung cancer screening

Aidence will license, develop, and validate Google Health’s existing AI research module, hoping to offer better differentiation between benign and malignant lung nodules at an early stage.

Canon to open new subsidiary, Canon Healthcare USA, in Cleveland

“The U.S. market is more and more important for our business,” the company's president and CEO said during a press conference at RSNA 2022. 

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Simple steps radiology leaders can take to fight back against ransomware

Ransomware is a growing problem for healthcare providers. At RSNA 2022, two experts examined how leaders can protect their teams and their facilities.