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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New Zealand authorities ‘mortified’ after radiology employee misplaces patient info for 26 women

A confidential medical file containing the names, hometowns and histories of 26 breast cancer patients was misplaced in a south New Zealand town this week, the Otago Daily Times has reported.

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Simulated learning helps radiologists understand communication is key

Radiologists struggling to hone their communication skills might be helped by simulated learning and hands-on practice, according to a report published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology this month.

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Technologist in England fired, removed from official register for drinking on the job

After making mistakes under the influence of alcohol, a technologist at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, has been fired and had her name removed from the country’s official register.

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Zimbabwe opens 1st imaging center in country where radiologists are ‘an endangered species’

Zimbabwe’s first-ever radiology center has opened in the country’s capital, Harare, local outlet Bulawayo 24 News reported this week.

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Sexual harassment lawsuit includes claim that hospital cancelled veterans’ imaging exams

The James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, Florida, is being investigated for allegedly canceling hundreds of imaging exams without following safety regulations and then attempting to cover it up.

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MITA: Trump administration’s new tariffs will harm U.S. economy; medical imaging equipment should be exempt

The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has asked the U.S. government to establish a “timely and robust” process that could exempt medical imaging equipment from tariffs on Chinese products that went into effect July 6.

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It’s official: U.S. puts first tariffs into effect on Chinese products, including medical imaging equipment

On Friday, July 6, tariffs on $34 billion worth of products imported from China—including x-ray, CT and MRI equipment—officially went into effect. Tariffs on another $16 billion worth of products are expected to kick in in a matter of weeks.

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RSNA lends a hand to radiology residents with patient-centered learning modules

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is helping out radiology program directors and residents alike with the release of a free curriculum centered around quality patient care, safety and communication, 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.