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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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Study Finds High Patient Stress in Rad Waiting Rooms

Patients experience more waiting room stress than you may think. A new study in Radiology on patient stress levels in the waiting room has implications for diagnostic radiology executives.

Study Demonstrates Value of Mammography, But Questions Remain

The recent controversy surrounding mammography may die down somewhat with the release, in the July 2011 issue of Radiology, of a three-decade-long study in Sweden demonstrating that death from breast cancer is prevented in every 414 to 519 women who undergo the procedure. Previous studies had pegged this figure at 1,000 to 1,500 women.

Philips Healthcare To Acquire Sectra Mammography Division

Heralding its move into the market for equipment optimized for breast screening, Philips Healthcare has inked an agreement with Sectra AB to acquire the vast majority of the latter’s Mamea AB low-dose mammography division for 57.5 million euros ($82 million U.S.) in cash upfront, plus an additional 1 million euros ($18 million) pending the

ACOs Needed 'Now,' Former CMS Admin Says

Spiraling healthcare costs make the immediate implementation of accountable care organizations (ACOs) a must, according to Mark McClellan, MD, former Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

California One Step Closer to Breast Density Results Law

Today, the California State Assembly Business and Professions Committee unanimously approved a bill that would require health care providers to inform women who undergo mammograms about their breast density.

Congressmen Seek Block of MedPAC Imaging Cuts

A bipartisan group of 61 members of Congress, led by Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA) of the House Small Business Committee, have sent a letter to congressional colleagues voicing objections to imaging cuts recommended by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) in its June

More Physicians To Leave Private Practice

An increase in the number of physicians leaving private practice for hospital employment is anticipated as the health care landscape continues to undergo change and the need for hospital/physician alignment accelerates, indicate two recent market reports.

Roat Takes Home RBMA Calhoun Award

Medical Management Professionals, Inc. (MMP), an Atlanta-based national firm provider of billing and practice management services to radiologists and imaging centers, has announced that Randal Roat, CHBME, its vice president of radiology services, received the Calhoun Award from the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) at the 2011

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