HealthLeadersMedia.com | January 3 - Here are the top quality challenges healthcare providers will face in 2011—many, such as imaging exposure effects, central line infections, and medical data breaches dominated headlines in 2010.
1. Imaging Scan Radiation Exposure and Overutilization
2. Variation in Dialysis Center Mortality
3. Drop in Central...
Diagnostic Imaging | December 29 - Starting January 1st, referring physicians who provide in-office imaging services must provide their patients with a list of other options in their area. This is a new regulation under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act affecting practices under the...
The New York Times | The Obama administration plans to announce Monday that it will make $206 million in bonus Medicaid payments to 15 states — with more than a fourth of the total going to Alabama — for signing up children who are eligible for...
ImagingBiz.com | Following a seven-month-long investigation of a security breach at St Joseph’s/Candler Health System, Savannah, Georgia, eight hospital employees were disciplined for photographing an x-ray taken of a male patient’s pelvic area, transmitting the image by cell phone, and posting it to Facebook.
After the incident...
HealthLeadersMedia.com | December 20 - Record spending on health information technology is greatly increasing the demand for experts in the field and tops a list of hot issues on the minds of healthcare leaders.
That's according to a survey and report by PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute,...
