Management

This page includes content on healthcare management, including health system, hospital, department and clinic business management and administration. Areas of focus are on cardiology and radiology department business administration. Subcategories covered in this section include healthcare economics, reimbursement, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, policy and regulations, practice management, quality, staffing, and supply chain.

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Study Suggests Background Radiation Responsible for Some Leukemia

Pediatric exposure to radiation has been a hot topic in the imaging world since a Lancet study last week cautioned against the long-term effects of CT exposure on childhood cancer patients.

Industrial Radiography Company in CO Hit with $240K in State FInes

Advance Painting Services, an industrial radiography company based in Grand Junction, Colorado, is facing nearly a quarter-of-a-million dollars in fines from the state Department of Public Health and Environment related to alleged improper handling of radioactive materials.

RSNA Foundation Awards $2.9M in Research Grants

The RSNA Research and Education Foundation will have its largest grant year in 2012, distributing $2.9 million.

SNM Reports Name Change, Image of the Year, Dose Optimization Initiative

The Society of Nuclear Medicine made three significant announcements today, including finalizing a proposal begun in January 2012 that would change its name to the more inclusive “Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.”

lifeIMAGE Launching CLoud Service for Automated Delivery of Results for Medical Imaging Tests

lifeIMAGE announced that its lifeIMAGE OutBox service will use a newly developed publishing engine to help hospitals and imaging providers securely and automatically share results of imaging exams in the cloud.

Toshiba's Encore VeloCT Console Receives FDA Clearance

Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. announced the availability of VeloCT. This console upgrade includes new enhancements for patient safety, dose management and workflow for existing Aquilion 32, Aquilion 64 and Aquilion CX CT systems manufactured between 2006 and 2012.

In Study, Memphis HIE Lowered ER Imaging Utilization but Not Costs

As the pursuit of reducing the unnecessary utilization of imaging equipment continues, new research questions the idea that greater access to information could necessarily lead to less imaging—and therefore, lowered costs to the system.

Bayer, Radimetrics Partner to Distribute CT QA, Patient Safety Software

In a deal that both parties say will create the first digital management portfolio to track both CT radiation and contrast dosage, Bayer HealthCare and Radimetrics, Inc. will co-distribute a radiology workflow solution that addresses both issues.

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Health Imaging
Nearly $800,000 settlement offered to family of man who died during MRI exam

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.