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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Deceased radiologist’s estate on the hook for $8.1M jury verdict

Illinois-based provider Palmer Jane Blakley, MD, failed to spot one patient's tumor in chest x-rays, leading to her eventual death from the disease in March 2015. 

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Carestream scores FDA clearance for 3D extension that simplifies radiologist workflows

Operators can now use digital tomosynthesis functionality that also reduces exam times, the Rochester, New York-based company announced Jan. 14. 

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American College of Radiology releases new imaging appropriateness criteria

The Jan. 13 update includes one new topic—child cerebrovascular disease—along with seven revisions.

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Breast density notification laws are mostly missing the mark

That’s according to a new survey of nearly 2,000 women without a history of breast cancer, highlighted in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.   

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Fired former radiology director sues hospital, alleging gender discrimination

Jennifer McDowell, 45, claims she endured harassment, unequal pay and retaliation and is seeking more than $75,000 in compensation. 

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Radiologists could double dip during mammography, further population health goals

With simple process changes, Mass General radiologists added value to their practices while also furthering big-picture wellness goals.

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Radiologist prevails in court battle over delayed ovarian cancer diagnosis

Louis McFeeley had originally alleged that one clinician’s failure to pinpoint lesions in his wife's ovaries started a chain of events leading to her eventual death. 

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How a growing private practice is looking to become the ‘Amazon of radiology’

Determined to remain independent, Midstate Radiology Associates of Meriden, Connecticut, grew from 11 radiologists to more than 40 in less than five years. How did they pull it off—and what can like-minded groups do to follow suit? 

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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.