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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PACS Image Exchange Systems Reduce Unnecessary Tests

Having a system to easily share medical imaging exams from one facility to another can substantially lower the number of repeat procedures, according to a recent study in The Journal of Roentgenology.

Interventional Radiology Meeting Looks at Evidence-Based Medicine

The Society of Interventional Radiology is promising scientific advances and new discoveries at 37th Annual Scientific Meeting March 24-29 in San Francisco.

ACR Teams with Harvard Business School

The American College of Radiology announced a partnership with Harvard Business Publishing to help develop a program as part of the ACR’s new Radiology Leadership Institute.

Varian Earns FDA Approval for New Radiotherapy Transponder

Varian Medical Systems has won FDA approval for a device that improves the tracking of patient respiration during radiotherapy.

Zecotek Sues Phillips, Saint-Gobain for Patent Infringement on PET Scanners

Zecotek Photonics said this week it filed a lawsuit against Saint-Gobain and Phillips Healthcare for patent infringement.

Leading Benefits Management Company Applauds President’s Budget

Marking a stark contrast to the position of the several radiology groups, MedSolutions – a benefit management company – has come out in favor of the President’s proposed budget for its cuts to medical imaging.

Virginia Lawmakers Pass Breast Tissue Density Awareness Bill

The Virginia legislature has passed and the Governor is expected to sign a bill requiring that radiologists test and report breast tissue density as part of a routine mammography exam.

Second Victim Dies in Criminal Case Against Rad Tech

The second victim named in a criminal case against a radiology technologist in Georgia has died

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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.