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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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Philips, Microsoft Collaborate To Streamline Radiologist Workflows

Royal Philips Electronics and Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a collaborative endeavor wherein the latter’s iSite PACS will be integrated with the Microsoft Amalga data aggregation platform.

ASTRO Releases Palliative Radiotherapy Treatment Guidelines

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued evidence-based guidelines for the use of palliative radiotherapy to treat bone metastases.

Radiologist Assistant Licensure Bill Passes Muster With Utah House of Representatives

Utah’s House of Representatives late last week passed a bill that would allow a radiologist assistant to perform radiological procedures under the supervision of a radiologist.

More Hospital Mergers On Horizon For 2011

The single stand-alone hospital may be a “concept of the past”, John Reiboldt, managing director of Coker Capital Advisors, told an audience at the HIMSS11 conference in Orlando, Fla., yesterday.

House Puts Malpractice Reform on Table

The House Judiciary Committee earlier this week approved a bill to limit malpractice damages, HR 5, the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act, by a vote of 18 to 15 and has submitted it to the full House of Representatives for consideration. Introduced by Representatives Phil Gingrey, MD (R-GA), David Scott (D-GA),

New Study Disputes Link Between Mammography and Decreased Mortality

In the latest study to question the benefits of mammographic screening for breast cancer, the authors of a study published online in the Annals of Oncology concluded that trends in advanced breast cancer incidence do not bear out that regular mammographic screening in parts of the world where it is available lead to a decline in mortality.

Outpatient Imaging Providers Organize to Promote Low-cost Alternative

Several independent imaging centers throughout the Southeast have joined together to form the Outpatient Imaging Coalition (OIC), an alliance aimed at promoting the availability of high-quality imaging services available at a cost lower than that charged by hospitals.

Health Care Employment Hits All-Time High

Private sector health care employment in the U.S. reached an all-time high of 10.7% of total employment in January 2011, according to a report based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and released by Altarum Institute’s Center for Studying Health Spending. Such growth represents an increase of more than one percentage point since the

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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.