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.

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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How breast-specific gamma imaging can help assess cancer patients

Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) may be able to help specialists assess treatment response in breast cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Increased spending on chronic conditions such as breast cancer a smart investment

Spending on treating chronic conditions has skyrocketed in the United States, but it is an investment that has paid off for patients.

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Capitol Health Limited acquires 4 radiology clinics from Uniradiology for $5.8M

Capitol Health Limited, a radiology provider based out of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, announced that it has acquired a network of four clinics in Melbourne from another provider, Uniradiology, for $5.8 million ($8.1 million AUD).

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Montana hospital paid $10M to settle radiology fraud lawsuit

Unsealed court documents have provided new information about a federal lawsuit settled by Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital in Bozeman, Montana, in November 2018.

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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.

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

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.