US has long been perceived as the world’s biggest Super Power, not only in terms of financial strength but also in regards to power, authority, facilities, education system, etc. As far as the healthcare system is concerned, that of US is believed to be the best in the world. But the recent Covid-19 pandemic has […]
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IBM Watson Flops in Healthcare
IBM Watson has been in the news for a long time, both for good and for the wrong reasons. According to an expert, Gary N. Smith, the company has tried its luck in the health care field with IBM Watson. It was more about offering smarter ways to handle the medicine field and different activities. […]
Larger Rad Practice Burnout. How to Prepare?
According to the Journal of the American College of Radiology, burnout syndrome is quite common in the field of radiology. More than half of the practicing leaders have regarded this situation as one of the significant problems in radiology. As the number of the cases starts to increase, the potential threats also increase accordingly. According […]
Google Is Collecting Massive Amounts Of Healthcare Data
Healthcare has emerged as one of the most important sectors in recent times. From a social point of view, it surely has a lot to contribute, but even from the business perspective, healthcare is adding in a substantial amount to the economy. It is not only one of the primary employers across the countries, but […]
HHS Revises Penalty Table For HIPAA Violations
The health sector is one of the most important sectors in every society that takes care of public health. However, the interest of personal information, as well as financial dealings in this sector, needs to be secured. The government authorities do the same in the US. The organization, HIPAA, also known as Health Insurance Portability […]
Hospital Bill Private Insurance More than Outpatient
According to a report published by RAND, private health insurance plans covering the majority of the population of America paid higher rates of insurance to hospitals compared to similar public plans like Medicaid and Medicare. Going by facts, in 2017, mix-adjusted hospital rates were at 241 percent of Medicare prices, as per findings. The study also considered a negotiated amount of hospital prices relative to Medicare reimbursements for the procedures as well as facilities. People who were enrolled in private healthcare plans were employer-sponsored. If hospital rates to Medicare costs were cut from 2015 to 2017, it would have easily saved $7.7 billion in overall healthcare expenditure for employers, reports RAND. Key Considerations – RAND Report As large discrepancies […]
Touchstone Medical Imaging to pay $3M Federal Fine Following Cyber Security Breach
Touchstone Medical Imaging, or Touchstone, has eventually agreed to pay a federal fine of $3,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and also agreed to adopt a corrective approach and take action to settle all potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and […]
How Environmental, Socioeconomic, Factors Impact Missed Radiology Appointments
No-shows or non-attendance for radiology visits has a negative impact on patients and clinicians. It not only adds to the cost of overall healthcare through wasted resources and poor allocation. Generally, medical imaging departments schedule appointments for all modalities. However, there is still a trend of no-show and it is important to understand the reason. […]
Perfusion MRI Shows CPAP Healing the Brains of Apnea Patients
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure, or CPAP, induces certain changes in the Mean Diffusivity (MD) and Fractional Anisotropy (FA) in the brain, which indicates microstructural changes. Both occur in language, sensory-motor functions, and cognition. CPAP treatment leads to brain perfusion, which increases cerebral blood flow (CBF) as well as cerebral blood volume (CBV). It is an […]
MRI Study Finds Men, “Blushing Individuals” More Sensitive to Alcohol
According to the reports of research conducted at China’s Shantou University, the findings of which were published in the American Journal of Neuroradiology, March edition, men are more sensitive to alcohol consumption with viewable signs like blushing. Scanning report from different types of MRI techniques shows that regular alcohol intake correlated with certain regional changes […]