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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How international outreach can prep radiologists for better domestic work

Putting together a radiology elective that takes post-grads overseas for global outreach is a complex process, but it’s well worth the skills gained in confronting unfamiliar medical situations and learning to practice in resource-limited environments, according to a team of radiologists from across the country.

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Advancing AI algorithms into clinical practice: How can radiology lead the way?

Thought leaders within radiology largely agree that the specialty is in a unique position to help lead the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) into clinical practice. But how, exactly, does that happen?

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Massachusetts patients rack up expensive imaging services, costing the state millions in Medicare

Massachusetts doctors are quick to refer patients for expensive imaging services like MRI and CAT scanning, the Boston Business Journal reported this week—and it cost the federal government an estimated $27 million in 2015.

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The new generation of medical students is motivated by career fulfillment more than money

Radiology residents and medical students alike are driven more by fulfilling careers, work-life balance and interest in their specialty than financial aspirations or the job market itself, according to a Journal of the American College of Radiology-published study, suggesting trainees select a medical path based more on social and intrinsic motivations and less on external successes.

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Clinical exams alone don’t cut it for breast cancer screening in women under 40

Despite low prevalence in the demographic, women younger than 40 years old should still undergo triple assessment for breast cancer—especially if they present with a symptomatic lump or have extensive family history of the disease, a team of U.K. researchers reported in Clinical Radiology this month.

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Former UPMC radiologist faces $1M fine, 20 years in prison for illegally distributing Vicodin

Former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) radiologist Marios D. Papachristou waived indictment and pleaded guilty May 3 to federal charges of healthcare fraud and illegally distributing controlled substances to non-patients, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced.

Roll with the changes: 3 lessons radiologists can learn from today’s fast-paced business world

Big changes are everywhere in today’s business world, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. So what, exactly, does this mean for radiology?

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Interval breast cancers linked to poorer prognoses in young women

Breast cancers that develop between routine screening exams are likely to grow more rapidly and be associated with poorer prognosis than cancers that are present at the time of screening mammography but go undetected, researchers have reported in JAMA Oncology.

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The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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.

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.