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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3 steps to eliminate unconscious bias in radiology recruitment and hiring

Radiology researchers recommend using a holistic approach to hiring and deploying structured interviewing, they wrote recently. 

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Developing a novel quality measure to address poor patient positioning in mammography

Patient body mass index, in particular, can contribute to poorer patient positioning, experts reported in the European Journal of Radiology. 

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Lung cancer screening programs with dedicated coordinators, effective tracking systems boost adherence

When given the proper team and infrastructure, low-dose CT programs excel at keeping patients on their imaging schedule, Kaiser researchers reported in JAMA. 

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‘Profoundly negative impact’: ACR asks insurer Anthem to reconsider imaging payment restriction

The American College of Radiology and Society for Pediatric Radiology are asking the Indianapolis-based payer to open hospital-based imaging to a greater patient population. 

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FDA switching to electronic billing for Mammography Quality Standards Act inspections

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration in late April started sending breast imaging providers fee invoices via email for their annual inspections.

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A blueprint to help confront racial and ethnic disparities in your radiology department

Massachusetts General recently detailed its experience creating a diversity, equity and inclusion committee in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

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Data reveals estimated cancer screening deficit of 9.4 million due to the pandemic

There were sharp declines last year in testing to diagnose breast, colorectal and prostate cancers, experts reported in JAMA Oncology. 

Total knee AI/AR cleared for sales in the US

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to a French startup for surgery software that combines AI with augmented reality and computer vision.

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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.