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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Innovation From the Outside In: Olivia Ho Cheng, CEO of Aurora

Olivia Ho Cheng, CEOOlivia Ho Cheng, CEO of Aurora Imaging Technology Inc, North Andover, Massachusetts, was recently appointed to the international advisory board for the Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics (BC CBMP), the first research laboratory focused on medical-imaging technology research and development in China. ImagingBiz spoke

Summary of States’ Transparency Laws

More than two dozen states now have laws mandating transparency in health-care pricing, in some form or another—including everything from pilot programs to full-blown implementations.

Price Transparency Gains Traction

Jeff Ronner, CFOOwing to a confluence of market forces, industry innovation, and government action, consumers in more than half of US states now have at least some ability to see procedure charges in advance. The concept is to apprise patients of their out-of-pocket costs before they schedule appointments. Armed with such information, patients

The Reconsolidation of Imaging Centers

Elliott Jeter, CFA, CPA/ABVSignificant market trends, over the past few years, have affected the competitive environment between hospitals and physician-owned freestanding imaging centers. The primary drivers of these trends are the relative weaknesses of a large number of freestanding imaging centers (caused by changes in reimbursement and

Executing the Digital Transformation

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

When Saint Michael’s Medical Center (SMMC), Newark, New Jersey, was acquired by Catholic Health East in 2009, the organization had some catching up to do in the IT department: With no PACS or electronic medical record (EMR), its clinical-informatics capabilities were behind the times. Angelo Schittone, vice president and CIO of SMMC, explains that

Lost in Transcription

MMP

Charge reconciliation—the practice of identifying procedures that have slipped through the cracks at some point in the charge process and billing for them to optimize revenue—is important for any medical group, but particularly critical for imaging. Radiology is one of the most high-volume specialty areas in terms of both codes and procedures

Suggested Steps Toward Decommoditization

In the Journal of the American College of Radiology: JACR, Reiner and Siegel¹ recommended 12 measures that could reduce the commoditization of radiology.

Commoditization of Imaging: What to Do Now

Radisphere

The responsibility for the phenomenon has been placed, at one time or another, on the shoulders of just about every stakeholder in the imaging field. Some say that payors are to blame; others see the growing prevalence of remote reading as the culprit. Has the expansion of IT made it possible, or is radiology merely catching up with other areas of

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