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.

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Cost Main Barrier to HIEs, say Health Care Execs

Health care executives recognize the need for a robust health information exchange, but they largely lack the budget, according to a survey by Beacon Partners.

Study Questions Two-Year Bone Density Screening for Older Women

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine calls into question the bi-annual screening for osteoporosis that Medicare recommends for women over 65.

Georgia Woman in Case Against Tech Dies

A woman who was part of a criminal case against a radiology technologist in Georgia for wrongfully reporting the results of 10 mammogram tests has died.

University of Michigan Helps Develop Low-Impact CT

Radiologists at the University of Michigan have been helping to develop a new technology that performs a CT scan at a fraction of the radiation dose required for a conventional CT, according to a press release by the University of Michigan Health System.

Worldwide PACS Market to Grow 10% Annually to $5.8 billion in 2017

The worldwide market for Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) is expected to grow by 10% annually to about $5.8 billion by 2017, according to MarketResearch.com.

Health Care Mergers Worth $227.4 Billion Last Year

The health care merger and acquisition market in the US generated 980 deals worth $227.4 billion in 2010, which was 9% higher than the previous year, based on a market report by Irving Levin Associates, Inc.

Data Breach Experts Warn Small Practices

Cyber security experts are warning small practices of the vulnerabilities in their electronic record systems in a report by Kroll’s Cyber Security and Information Assurance.

FDA Clears Konica Minolta Mammography Upgrade

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared an upgrade to a digital mammography system produced by Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA.

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Health Imaging
Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.