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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Physician salaries on the rise, but not for radiology

Physician compensation increased in 2018, according to a new survey from AMGA. Diagnostic radiology, however, is one specialty that did not benefit from that trend.

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Radiology, psychiatry researchers collaborate to study opioid use disorders

Researchers from the fields of psychiatry and radiology at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia are working together to launch the Penn PET Addiction Center of Excellence (PACE).

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CEDM shows promise as breast cancer screening tool for high-risk women

Contrast-enhanced digital mammography (CEDM) could be an effective alternative to full-field digital mammography (FFDM) for screening women at an elevated risk of breast cancer, according to new findings published in Radiology.

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Paul Ryan joins SHINE Medical Technologies board of directors

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan has been appointed to the board of directors of Janesville, Wisconsin-based SHINE Medical Technologies.

Blood test detects brain injuries in patients with negative CT scans

A new type of blood test can detect mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) completely missed by CT scans, according to new research published in Lancet Neurology.

What radiologists should know about 3 common gender affirmation surgeries

Gender incongruence, defined in the International Classification of Diseases as “a marked and persistent incongruence between an individual's experienced gender and the assigned sex,” is now recognized as a sexual health condition and not a mental illness.

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Did Philips know about bribery scheme related to imaging sales?

News broke in May that Philips, Johnson & Johnson, Siemens AG and General Electric (GE) were under investigation for allegedly paying kickbacks to government officials in Brazil to secure medical equipment contracts.

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RSNA launches new program to improve radiology education around the world

RSNA has announced the launch of a new program designed to improve radiology education and patient care in low- and middle-income countries throughout the world.

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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.