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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‘Dangerous’ scope-of-practice bills fail, while ACR joins Puerto Rican radiologists in another fight

Radiology societies said they were "deeply concerned" a proposed legislation would eliminate physician-led teams. 

Preparations underway for RSNA 2023 with important deadlines looming

This year's meeting will focus on how radiology professionals can be intentional and proactive in leading teams through an uncertain healthcare environment. 

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Radiologist’s widow sues practice, claiming she’s owed tens of thousands in pension payments

Mary Meszaros believes the benefits administrator erroneously calculated what she is owed and is asking a Connecticut judge to intervene. 

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EHR a key contributing factor to diagnostic errors in radiology, legal claims analysis finds

About 20% of the small sample of EHR-related errors occurred in radiology, informatics experts wrote in JAMA Network Open

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New efforts to tackle imaging contrast shortages focus on vertical integration

For one pharmaceutical company, a plan to independently source barium and iodine from North America may offer protection from global supply chain disruptions.

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Provider groups blast ‘woefully inadequate’ CMS pay update for inpatient care

The agency also is proposing a new measure in the IQR program related to excessive radiation dose or inadequate image quality via CT.

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Common features of missed lung cancer on chest X-ray

It is crucial for radiologists to beware of these missed cases in routine practice, experts wrote recently in Clinical Imaging

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American Board of Radiology doing away with written certifying exam in diagnostic imaging

ABR plans on hosting a virtual town hall on Thursday, May 4, to answer questions about changes to its DR oral exam. 

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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.

And it can do so with almost 100% accuracy as a first reader, according to a new large-scale analysis.