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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GT Medical Technologies raises $10M for launch of FDA-cleared radiation therapy

GT Medical Technologies (GT MedTech) has raised $10 million in Series A funding to help support the launch of GammaTile Therapy, the company’s FDA-cleared radiation treatment developed for patients with recurrent brain tumors.

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Trump ‘would have a hard time’ letting son play football due to concussion concerns

In a sit-down interview before Super Bowl LIII, President Trump called the NFL “dangerous” and said he would “have a hard time with” letting his 12-year-old son play football due to safety concerns.

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RANZCR developing ethical principles focused on AI in radiology

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) has established a working group to research the impact and influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on healthcare, focusing specifically on radiology. 

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Radiologists receive frequent criticism because their role is widely misunderstood

In a recent opinion piece published online in the Toronto Star, Ontario-based diagnostic radiologist Andrew Chung, MD, wrote that radiologists have been a frequent target of criticism recently because their role is misunderstood by the media, the public and even their fellow colleagues.

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ER doctors subpoenaed for incorrectly ordering imaging exams 

Emergency room (ER) doctors at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence have been delivered subpoenas charging them with medical misconduct for incorrectly ordering imaging examinations, according to an article published Jan. 30 by Politico.

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Mystery solved: New imaging technique a game-changer for pancreatic cancer treatment

A new 3D imaging technique has provided researchers with insight into how pancreatic cancers start and grow, according to findings published in Nature

INFINITT PACS ranked No. 1 Category Leader by KLAS Research in 2 categories

INFINITT North America announced Friday, Feb. 1, that its INFINITT PACS has been ranked as the No. 1 Category Leader in the PACS Community Hospital and PACS Imaging Centers/Ambulatory categories by KLAS Research.

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GE now plans on selling nearly 50% of healthcare unit

General Electric (GE) has changed its original strategy and will now aim to sell nearly half of its healthcare unit, GE Healthcare, according to GE CEO Larry Culp.

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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.