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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CMS updates Medicare site for more user-friendly experience

CMS has been updating its Medicare website since 2021 to make it easier to use, most recently redesigning the home page.

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Private health plans paid hospitals 224% more than Medicare in 2020

The average was true for both inpatient and outpatient services, but prices varied widely by state.

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.

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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.

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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. 

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. 

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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

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.

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When drugs are on the FDA’s shortage list, outsourcing facilities can produce their own compounded versions. When the FDA removed tirzepatide from that list with no warning, it created a considerable amount of chaos both behind the scenes and in pharmacies all over the country. 

If passed, this bill would help clinician-led clinical registries explore Medicare data for research purposes. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American College of Cardiology both shared public support for the bipartisan legislation. 

Cardiologists and other physicians may soon need to provide much more information when ordering remote patient monitoring for Medicare patients.

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