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.

Radiology practice will pay $2.9M to settle allegations it falsified PPP loan documents
Fairfax Radiological Consultants, the D.C. metro area's largest practice, purportedly had employed over 500 individuals as of 2019, but by April 2020, its roster was down to fewer than 100.
Patients eligible for both breast and lung cancer screening are getting mammograms while ditching low-dose CT in droves
This finding underlines the need for interventions to increase LCS awareness and address common barriers such as confusing eligibility criteria.
Imaging industry lobbying group ‘disappointed’ with White House’s latest round of tariffs
AdvaMed—which represents manufacturers including Canon, GE HealthCare, Philips and Siemens Healthineers—is pushing for an imaging exemption.
Stark Law loophole allows ordering physicians to self-interpret hundreds of thousands of images each year
Experts believe their findings signal the need for potential policy reform in Washington to address perceived conflicts of interest.
Radiology provider MedQuest part of deal to acquire 18 imaging centers from 1 of nation’s largest orthopedic groups
OrthoCarolina is the seller, unloading locations across its home city of Charlotte and the Piedmont Triad region that includes Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point.

Sexual harassment in healthcare: How radiologists can make a difference

What can radiologists do to be better allies for individuals experiencing inappropriate behavior in the workplace? A recent commentary published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology explored this very subject in detail.

52 technologists, radiation therapists receive ASRT grants

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists has announced 52 recipients of grants designed to support the professional and educational advancement of technologists and radiation therapists.

FDG PET-CT offers prognostic value for patients with multiple myeloma

18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT imaging can help predict outcomes of patients who have been newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma, according to a study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

CDS won't replace radiologists in pediatric emergency cases

Access to clinical decision support systems or not, pediatric emergency care physicians value and will continue to seek radiologists' input in imaging decision-making.

ACR collaborates with ASTRO on updated radiation therapy guidelines

The American College of Radiology has teamed up with the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) on updated radiation therapy parameters for clinicians.

Should radiologists wear a white coat?

Patients have been identifying physicians by their white coats for many years now, but is such a uniform really necessary in radiology?

Number of open radiographer positions on the rise in 2019

The vacancy rate for radiographers jumped from 4.2% in 2017 to 8.5% in 2019, according to a new survey published by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.

DBT performs ‘significantly’ better than mammography in detecting cancer, researchers find

Those results have been proven true regardless of tumor type, size or grade of cancer, Brigham and Women's researchers found.

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Health Imaging

American College of Radiology announces significant expansion of Lung Cancer Screening Registry

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.

Health Imaging

AI reduces CT lung cancer screening workload by nearly 80%

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

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.

Management

Radiology practice will pay $2.9M to settle allegations it falsified PPP loan documents

Patients eligible for both breast and lung cancer screening are getting mammograms while ditching low-dose CT in droves

Imaging industry lobbying group ‘disappointed’ with White House’s latest round of tariffs

Stark Law loophole allows ordering physicians to self-interpret hundreds of thousands of images each year

Radiology provider MedQuest part of deal to acquire 18 imaging centers from 1 of nation’s largest orthopedic groups

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