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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PI-RADS v2 score found to be independent marker of prostate cancer risk

Clinical history doesn’t seem to have an impact on the maximum Prostate Imaging Recording and Data System (PI-RADS) version 2 score, but the PI-RADS v2 assessment can be viewed as an independent marker of prostate cancer risk, according to a study published in Radiology this April.

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Report: Every med school student can benefit from a strong radiology program

Picking a med school with a strong radiology curriculum is beneficial for all prospective students—regardless of whether or not their aspirations lie in the specialty, the U.S. News & World Report wrote this week.

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Philip Costello named 2018-2019 ARRS president

Philip Costello, MD, officially became the 118th president of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) at this week’s ARRS 2018 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

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University of Utah researchers receive $740K grant for marijuana research

Researchers at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City have received a $740,000 grant to study how the brain responds to ingredients found in marijuana.

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Penn scientists explain utility of PARP-1 in treating ovarian cancer

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a novel biomarker—as well as a way to image that biomarker non-invasively—for PARP inhibitors in women with ovarian cancer.

False-positive cancer results push patients to keep up with annual screenings

False-positive results from a breast or prostate cancer exam could be driving affected men and women to adhere to clinical testing guidelines, researchers wrote in a Cancer study—though a handful of false-positive patients are actually deterred from future screenings.

PACS-EMR integration saves radiologists time, improves EMR utilization

Integration of PACS with an electronic medical record (EMR) is associated with saving radiologists time and helping them access the EMR more frequently, according to a new study in the Journal of Digital Imaging.

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Suhny Abbara named editor of new RSNA online journal

Suhny Abbara, MD, a professor of radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, has been named the editor of RSNA’s new online journal, Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

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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.