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.

Merger Contract

Dartmouth, GraniteOne merger is dead

The news comes after the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office issued a report that it objected to the merger on the basis that it violates New Hampshire law.

May 16, 2022
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VIDEO: Embracing Collaboration Among Disparate Radiology Groups

Lisa Mead, PSO executive director, Strategic Radiology, spoke at the Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) 2022 meeting on her organization's experience collaborating with a large number of radiology groups.

May 6, 2022
Money dollar investments

VIDEO: RBMA radiology administrator compensation survey expands insights during the great resignation

RBMA’s 2022 Compensation Survey provided insights and benchmarks for executive and marketing leadership of member radiology groups. 

April 26, 2022
Examples of a radiology report embedded video and text explaining the video for the patient in the report. This is from an AJR study that found embedding short videos from the radiologist explaining the images greatly enhanced patient engagement and satisfaction.

Video radiology reports add value, improve patient care

A new study found embedding videos in radiology reports aimed at patients had a big impact and may improve radiologist communication with patients. 

April 21, 2022
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Business analytics help radiology department boost CT use for fragile patients despite COVID disruptions

Sant’Andrea University Hospital in Rome saw overall imaging volumes plummet 21.5% but improved numbers among vulnerable populations using real-time data, experts wrote in European Radiology

April 6, 2022
Fax

AI-aided ‘fax first responders’ make old technology new again for COVID era

A few months into the COVID crisis, the health department of California’s Contra Costa County faced an unexpected side challenge: Staff were getting inundated by faxes bearing vital health data.

December 22, 2020
Jackpot

$500K on the table in AI vs. COVID contest

Nonprofit competition organizer XPrize is partnering with global tech consultancy Cognizant to award AI innovators in a pandemic response challenge.

November 17, 2020
Executive Leadership

Health execs implementing AI undaunted by COVID

Almost half the 540-participant cohort is already using at least one form of AI.

November 6, 2020

Around the web

The recall includes specific lots of five different medical devices used to treat stroke and other neurovascular diseases.

The agency is urging healthcare providers to transition away from these devices and seek out alternatives. It is even working with other manufacturers to try and get similar products on the market as quickly as possible. 

Jeffrey Kuvin, MD, one of the leading voices behind efforts to create a new Board of Cardiovascular Medicine, spoke with Cardiovascular Business about where things stand today.

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