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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Canadian radiologist details ongoing feud with employer, says she has experienced workplace bullying

A radiologist in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, alleges that she lost her hospital privileges in 2017 as part of a larger campaign of workplace bullying she has experienced while working at James Paton Memorial Hospital.

Duke University joins Radiology Partners Research Institute

The radiology department at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, has joined the Radiology Partners Research Institute (RPRI), a research collaboration between Radiology Partners and various academic medical institutions.

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Radiologists make similar breast density assessments using synthesized mammography, FFDM

Radiologists make similar breast density assessments using synthesized mammography (SM) and standard or full-field digital mammography (FFDM), according to a new study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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AMA elects Arkansas radiologist to board of trustees

Arkansas radiologist Scott Ferguson, MD, was elected to the American Medical Association (AMA) board of trustees this week after serving as an AMA delegate for nearly a decade, the organization has announced.

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ASRT Foundation announces recipients of more than $200K in scholarships

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Foundation announced this week that it has awarded more than $200,000 in scholarships to 66 recipients for the 2018-2019 academic year.

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Scottish physicians tout radiotherapy tech that minimizes workload, radiation exposure

Radiotherapy technology recently employed at a cancer center in Glasgow has the ability to generate individualized radiotherapy treatment plans for as many as 50 patients at a time within minutes, circumventing a process that typically takes physicians more than a day per patient plan, the Herald reported early this week.

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GE Healthcare Imaging names Tom McGuinness president, CEO

GE Healthcare named Tom McGuinness its new president and CEO of GE Healthcare's Imaging business on June 11, according to an internal report from GE Healthcare.

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CT study finds smokers, diabetics at higher risk for hippocampal calcifications

Smokers and diabetics might be at a heightened risk for developing hippocampal calcifications—abnormal buildups triggered by vascular disease—according to a Radiology study published this week.

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The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.

And it can do so with almost 100% accuracy as a first reader, according to a new large-scale analysis.

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