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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Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference headed to Baltimore in November

The annual Metastatic Breast Cancer Conference, now in its fifth year, is scheduled for Nov. 15-16 in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Variations in start dates for chemotherapy, radiotherapy increase risk of death for NSCLC patients

Concurrent chemoradiation therapy is the standard of care for patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but starting the dual treatments more than three days apart from each other can result in poorer overall survival and an 8 percent increased risk of death, according to research published in Clinical Lung Cancer this summer.

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FMLA leave more popular among radiology practices in 2016 than 2015, though not by much

More radiology practices reported that one of their radiologists utilized the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in 2016 than 2015, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. The authors noted, however, that the bump was not statistically significant.

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Radiologists made more than $16M in federal political contributions from 2003 to 2016

Self-identified radiologists made $16.25 million in federal political contributions from 2003 to 2016, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Breast cancer patients report less pain, itching during radiotherapy when using barrier film

Breast cancer patients report reduced sensitivity and pain during radiotherapy when using a barrier film over treatment areas, according to a Danish study published this month in Technical Innovations and Patient Support in Radiation Oncology.

Radiology Partners co-founders receive EY Entrepreneur of the Year award

Rich Whitney and Anthony Gabriel, MD, the co-founders of El Segundo-California based Radiology Partners, have received the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award for the Greater Los Angeles area.

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Nuclear radiology fellow develops PET probes to detect bacterial infection

A nuclear radiology fellow at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has developed new PET probes to detect bacterial infections in patients, the Radiological Society of North America announced this week.

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Most breast imaging facilities lack policies related to caring for transgender patients

Many breast imaging facilities in the United States lack policies that focus on providing friendly, inclusive care to transgender patients, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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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.