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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Radiology AI vendor Lunit completes acquisition of rival Volpara for $193M

Based in Seoul, South Korea, Lunit called the acquisition a “significant milestone” in its “mission to conquer cancer" through artificial intelligence.

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Top 10 trends to follow in diagnostic radiology

Consulting firm Vizient published its fifth annual imaging trends report, highlighting issues such as staffing, remote scanning, AI, sustainability and "systemness." 

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Male/female salary gap in academic medicine: Women radiologists ahead of peers in other specialties

Academic radiology still has a ways to go before achieving salary parity between the sexes, but it’s doing better at getting there than most other teaching specialties. 

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Radiology groups want clarity from HHS on reporting requirements following Change cyberattack

ACR, the American Society of Neuroradiology and the Society of Interventional Radiology were among over 100 groups asking the feds for further details. 

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Buffalo’s 2nd largest diagnostic imaging center operator on why it sold to private equity

Founded in 1959, Southtowns Radiology announced in November that it was unloading its imaging center business to Atlanta-based Rezolut. 

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Hologic recalling breast care devices after 71 injuries, FDA says

UPDATED: The alert pertains to the BioZorb and BioZorb LP radiographic markers, implanted in soft tissue to indicate the site for radiation therapy or other medical procedures. 

'Too many cooks in the kitchen': How AI is both helpful and a hindrance to radiologists

Recent research suggests that, in many cases, radiologist performance only improves minimally with AI assistance.

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Aetna declines to modify payment policy despite pleas from radiology societies

ACR, the Society of Interventional Radiology and others believe these restrictions will force patients to consider problematic alternatives for their back pain, such as opioids. 
 

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The new F-18 flurpiridaz radiotracer is expected to help drive cardiac PET growth, but it requires waiting between rest and stress scans. Software from MultiFunctional Imaging can help care teams combat that problem.

News of an incident is a stark reminder that healthcare workers and patients aren’t the only ones who need to be aware around MRI suites.

The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.