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.

Are You Keeping Up?

I don’t know about you, but it seems to me that the world is moving at a much faster pace these days. Time rips by, dates and events blend together in blurry motion, and the sheer pace of change is accelerating to a point where one needs to be constantly vigilant about staying current with all that affects our daily lives. This is especially true

Head CT Use Can Vary Widely Even Within a Single ER, Study Says

Variation in head CT use may be unnecessarily overtaxing hospital resources and increasing costs to patients, according to a new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

New Study Downplays Link Between Breast Pain and Need for Additional Diagnostic Imaging

Breast pain alone is not necessarily an underlying indication of breast cancer, say Boston University researchers; thus, physicians who order repeat diagnostic studies for women exhibiting this lone symptom may not be doing them any good.

GE Touts Nonionic Contrast Agent, New Reconstruction Software in Lowering Patient CT Doses

A new study from MDx, the medical diagnostics business of GE, demonstrates strides the company has taken to reduce radiation exposure and iodine concentration in abdominal CT scan patients.

New York Radiologist Recognized by American Cancer Society as Mother of the Year

Emily Sonnenblick, MD, a co-founder of New York City's Rosetta Radiology, is among three women honored this week as "Mother of the Year" by the American Cancer Society.

Study Says Importing Outside Images into PACS Decreases Repeat Tests

A new study published this month in the American Journal of Roentgenology adds to the ongoing debate over whether the availability of prior imaging exams makes a difference in utilization.

Radnet Posts Banner Year Financials for 2011

Radnet Inc., the largest imaging center operator in the United States, reported record year-end revenues this week based on annual 2011 financials.

Fujifilm Meets MU Criteria for Synapse, Launches New Cloud-Based Service

Fujifilm announced this week that user of its Synapse RIS would qualify for federal subsidies under Meaningful Use standards for radiology.

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

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.

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.