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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The Excellence Formula

Radiology group practices can take the following seven steps to transform their practice models into something much closer to the ideal.

Historical Review of Mergers and Acquisitions in Diagnostic Imaging

From the go-go years to the present, acquisition strategies in the outpatient diagnostic imaging field have not always worked

Major Advances in Osteoporosis Assessment: New NOF Guidelines and the's FRAX Risk-assessment Tool

Osteoporosis is a major public-health problem, with an estimated 44 million US residents at risk for fracture.¹ Much-needed direction can be provided by new guidelines from the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) and the new FRAX® tool from the World Health Organization (WHO). Since there often are no warning signs before a fracture, improving

FRA and Florida Hospital: A Cautionary Tale Unfolds

After 40 years, a 47-physician group ceased to exist, a casualty of current medical economics, internal strife,and failed negotiations

Understanding—and Adapting to—Managed Care Strategies

It is highly probable that many practices will see their current payor mix change to one in which 80% or more of net patient revenues will be based on negotiated payments,” according to Christopher J. Kalkhof, FACHE, director and national managed care lead, Provider Revenue Cycle Practice, Deloitte Consulting, New York City. That was the opening

PACS/RIS Replacement: Cheating the Big Bang

Replacing technology is always nerve-wracking, but it is particularly volatile when the systems being replaced are a PACS and a RIS, systems at the heart of daily function for radiology departments and hospitals.

When Worlds Collide: Integrating Radiology and Cardiology Imaging

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

On August 24, 2008, Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Ind, became the first site in the country to go live with integration between the Synapse PACS from FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA Inc, Stamford, Conn, and the cardiovascular image and information system (CVIIS) from FUJIFILM's subsidiary, ProSolv Cardiovascular, Indianapolis. FUJIFILM first

The Usual Suspects

As I read the cover story on radiology benefit managers (RBMs) in this month’s Diagnostic Imaging (DI) magazine, I ruminated on the (metaphorical) similarities between the mug shots of what the author described as imaging’s new decision makers (the five reigning RBM CEOs) and the ensemble cast of Kevin Spacey’s classic film of intrigue. Which of

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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.