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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Chicago radiologist wins SPR award for research paper on thyroid cancer in teens

A Chicago radiologist and her research team have won the Society For Pediatric Radiology’s Walter E. Berdon Award for their paper about thyroid cancer in teens, Loyola University announced this week.

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Lightly embalmed cadavers a valuable teaching tool for interventional radiology

Lightly embalmed cadavers can help medical students and radiology residents simulate common ultrasound-guided interventional radiology (IR) procedures, according to a new study published in Academic Radiology.

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AAFP updates PSA screening guidelines 2 months after USPSTF issues final recommendation

The American Academy of Family Physicians today announced an update to its prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening guidelines for prostate cancer.

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Imaging societies, vendors support government funding for Mo-99 production

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) announced this week that SNMMI President Satoshi Minoshima, MD, PhD, was one of several industry leaders who signed a letter to the Senate and House subcommittees on Energy and Water Development in support of securing additional funding for molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) production.

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IVC filters improve in-hospital mortality rates for patients with congestive heart failure, pulmonary embolism

Inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement is associated with improved in-hospital mortality rates for patients admitted with congestive heart failure (CHF) and pulmonary embolism (PE), according to a new study published by the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Applicants cite potential happiness as No. 1 factor when ranking IR residencies

Perceived happiness of existing residents and faculty, job placement of recent grads and interaction with current trainees are among the most important factors to radiology residency applicants when ranking their program choices for the NRMP, according to a report published this week in Academic Radiology.

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How will radiology providers be reimbursed for investing in AI?

Countless studies have explored the colossal impact artificial intelligence (AI) will have—and, in many ways, is already having—on radiology. But who is ultimately going to pay for it?

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RSNA 2018: President’s address to focus on AI, advancing tech in radiology

Vijay M. Rao, MD, the current president of the Radiological Society of North America, will deliver RSNA 18’s opening address with a salute to technology and the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), the organization announced this week.

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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.