ImagingBiz.com | November 20 - Minnesota’s groundbreaking Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) has reached an agreement with Nuance, Burlington, Massachusetts, to license its decision-support and analytics software for a statewide electronic utilization management initiative to ensure delivery of clinically indicated high-tech diagnostic imaging. The...
HealthLeadersMedia.com | November 18 - The average, per capita cost of providing healthcare services in the United States rose by 7.08% for the past 12 months ending in September, a rate of growth that has slowed slightly, but which is still well above the 1.1% overall...
HealthLeadersMedia.com | November 19 - It's no surprise that people who live in low-income areas are more likely to visit a hospital emergency room than people who live in affluent areas. But statistics released by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality show the numbers growing...
AuntMinnie.com | November 19 - Digital photographs of CT images taken with an iPhone can be used to predict the need to transfer patients with head injuries, preventing unnecessary patient transfers and reducing healthcare costs, according to research from Florida. In a pair of retrospective studies...
Kaiser Health News | November 18 - A new international survey finds that U.S. consumers report greater access to specialty health care but also have a tougher time seeing a doctor on the day they need help and in paying their medical bills than consumers in...