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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ACR releases 4 new, 23 revised documents for 2018 Practice Parameters and Technical Standards

The American College of Radiology this week released four new and 23 revised documents for its 2018 Practice Parameters and Technical Standards, according to a statement from the organization. The new guidelines will take effect in October.

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How to promote female leadership in radiology

A lack of female leaders in radiology could be combated by earlier exposure to leadership opportunities, careful communication and a concerted effort by men in the field, according to an editorial published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology this week.

International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine announces new president

The International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) has announced that Pia C. Maly Sundgren, MD, PhD, is its newest president.

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More productive academic radiologists make better teachers

Radiologists with high rates of clinical productivity are likely also better teachers for residents, according to data published this month in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

JACR’s impact factor increases 16%, boosting journal to No. 3 among radiology publications

The Journal of the American College of Radiology’s impact factor has increased for the fifth year in a row, reaching 16 percent growth over the course of the last year, according to data from the recently released 2018 Journal Citation Report.

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House votes to repeal medical device tax

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to repeal the medical device tax, originally implemented as a piece of President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, by a vote of 283 to 132. Fifty-seven Democrats voted with Republicans to eliminate the 2.3 percent tax. All eyes are now on the Senate to see what may happen next.

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FDA approves TBI blood test that could reduce need for head CTs by 1/3

A blood test administered within 12 hours of a suspected traumatic brain injury (TBI) could help clinicians identify injuries like hemorrhage and contusion before having to resort to CT imaging, according to the preliminary results of a study published this week in the Lancet Neurology.

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Novel stroke imaging tech could speed up time to thrombectomy by an hour

Recent advances in cone beam technology mean neurointerventionalists are able to diagnose a patient with large vessel occlusion without a CT scan or trip to the emergency department—possibly reducing time to care by as much as an hour.

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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.