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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European Society of Radiology reaches 100,000 members

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) now has a worldwide membership of more than 100,000, including members from 163 countries.

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Carestream granted 42 US patents in 2018

Carestream has announced that it was granted 42 new patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2018. The patents were focused on digital radiography, extremity CT imaging and other key healthcare technologies. 

University of Nebraska, DOD developing drug therapies to combat radiation exposure

The University of Nebraska and U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) have joined forces to develop drug therapies for members of the military who have been exposed to radiation.

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When personalized treatment plans make sense for kidney cancer patients

Personalized treatment plans can benefit early-stage kidney cancer patients, according to a new study published in Radiology.

NCCN Guidelines downloaded more than 10 million times in 2018

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) announced Tuesday, Jan. 15, that the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology were downloaded more than 10 million times in 2018. This is a 26 percent increase compared to 2017.

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How imaging tissue oxygenation can improve cancer treatments

A team at Arizona State University is researching new methods for measuring tissue oxygenation using advanced 3D imaging in an effort to improve cancer treatments.

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Wash U School of Medicine in St. Louis names new vice chair for community radiology

Michael W. Penney, MD, has been named the vice chair for community radiology at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology (MIR) at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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3 ways to demonstrate the true value provided by radiologists

Radiologists provide significant value. According to a new analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, however, the specialty is still judged by “checkbox metrics” that do not illustrate its true value. 

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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.