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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Women, socially vulnerable patients least likely to get screened for lung cancer

Men, those with a comfortable social life and smokers trying to quit tobacco are among populations most likely to participate in lung cancer screening programs, according to a French report published in Clinical Lung Cancer this summer.

Working for smaller, more personal practices leads to fewer instances of burnout

While burnout is a serious issue in all healthcare specialties, it has been found to be especially prevalent in radiology. Could the size of where radiologists work affect their chance of experiencing burnout?

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Carestream executive to discuss innovation, creation at AHRA 2018 in Orlando

Todd Minnigh, Carestream Health’s vice president of global service sales, will deliver a presentation about innovation, creation and motivating employees at AHRA 2018 in Orlando.

Premenopausal women at disproportionately high risk of radiation exposure, uptake

Updated radiotracers marketed for use in cancer diagnosis and targeted therapies could carry substantial health risks for premenopausal women that aren’t echoed in men, three New York physicians reported in a Radiology editorial this month.

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Researchers work to determine the best way to measure a patient’s neck-shaft angle

With no clear consensus in place regarding the best way to measure a patient’s neck-shaft angle (NSA), researchers compared the reliability and validity of four different methods and shared their findings in Clinical Radiology.

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Imagers, patients agree on best practice for radiation risk disclosure—but is it clinically practical?

Technologists and patients agree fundamentally on risk communication strategies when it comes to radiation exposure in medical imaging. Actually implementing those beliefs, though, could be a clinical challenge, new research out of Australia suggests.

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RSNA R&E Foundation awarding $4M in funding in 2018

The RSNA Research and Education (R&E) Foundation announced Wednesday, July 11, that it is awarding $4 million in grants in 2018.

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Acupuncture can reduce treatment-related joint pain in breast cancer patients

Acupuncture treatments reduce joint pain in women with early-stage breast cancer, according to a new study published in JAMA, though its clinical importance remains unclear.

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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.