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.
Advocates say the shift to CCTA can translate into a broader financial impacts, with some cath labs potentially seeing margin increases of as much as 40%.
RadNet Chaiman and CEO Howard Berger, MD, explains why the company has invested tens of millions into DeepHealth to rapidly build up a new business model.
The Los Angeles-based imaging group believes the move will make its DeepHealth subsidiary the “largest provider of radiology clinical AI solutions worldwide.”
Nuclear medicine operations may soon enjoy steadier flows of certain in-demand radioisotopes. If so, much credit will go to companies that had the strategic sense to collaborate with each other.
John Simon, MD, is a big advocate for these elective exams, but the American College of Radiology and some members of the specialty oppose this practice.
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. depending what rules are put in place.
Despite newly implemented tariffs, the manufacturer says it was profitable in Q1 of 2025, but a greater impact on its operations looms later this year.
If 25% tariffs go into effect, it could have a big impact on the cost of medical imaging and radiotherapy systems, with many manufacturing facilities in Mexico.
