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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5 tips for keeping radiologic technologists safe on the job during the pandemic

A team of imaging experts from the epicenter of the outbreak detailed their systematic strategy in European Radiology. 

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Siemens donates $1.5M to US health centers in areas hit hardest by COVID-19

Such centers are the country’s largest providers of primary care and often cater to underserved patient populations and individuals without health insurance, the company noted. 

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COVID-19 pandemic hampers Q1 financial results for imaging giant Philips

The Amsterdam-based corporation, however, has seen a slight uptick in orders for imaging systems during the coronavirus crisis. 

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Handing women 75 and up mammography ‘decision aid’ results in fewer breast imaging exams

That’s according to the results of a recent investigation, highlighted Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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How radiology practices can prepare for the ‘surge’ once routine cancer screenings resume

Experts with the University of Michigan and RSNA recently explored such preparations in a new editorial, published in Radiology: Imaging Cancer. 

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Radiologist imprisoned for opioid scheme may get early release due to pandemic

Former UPMC doc Omar Almusa was convicted of the scheme in 2018 and sentenced to two years in prison, but wants out since he has Crohn's disease. 

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US Imaging experts cast further doubts about CT’s place in radiologists’ COVID diagnosis toolkit

A group of a 11 U.S. imaging experts are the latest to join this group, publishing their reservations in the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

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More radiology providers trying coronavirus-only imaging centers to help maintain patient volumes

Penn State Health is one of the latest to continue this trend, opening a COVID-dedicated Radiology Annex at its Hershey Medical Center. 

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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.