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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Double reading in breast cancer screening associated with reduced recall rates, improved cancer detection

Mammography interpreted by two radiologists instead of one can lead to reduced recall rates and improved cancer detection, according to a new study published in Radiology. However, the authors noted, any additional cancers detected require “careful consideration” as they may be smaller, less likely to be invasive or less likely to have involved nodes.

New video service wants to educate patients in waiting rooms about radiology

Radiology TV, a new subscription-based video service that launched this week, was designed specifically with hospital and imaging center waiting rooms in mind.

Researchers uncover fluorescent dye with short-wave infrared capabilities

Researchers at MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have uncovered the efficacy of an already-FDA-approved dye in achieving short-wave infrared imaging, according to a report issued this month.

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3 ways radiologists can provide transgender patients with compassionate care

Transgender patients often face unique challenges when accessing healthcare such as stigmatization and discrimination. A new analysis published in the American Journal of Roentgenology addressed what imaging leaders and radiologists can do to prevent this from happening and provide compassionate care.

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Triple freeze cryoablation lowers complication rates, recurrence of pulmonary tumors

Applying a triple freeze approach to pulmonary cryoablation could safely treat malignant lung tumors with low recurrence and complication rates, New York physician Gray R. Lyons, MD, PhD, and colleagues have reported in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

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Georgia health system receives $50,000 grant for Mammograms in Motion project

Southeast Georgia Health System, which serves patients in both Georgia and Florida, has received a $50,000 grant from the Coastal Georgia affiliate of Susan G. Komen for its Mammograms in Motion project.

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Should breast cancer screening for women younger than 50 include DBT and mammography?

For patients under the age of 50, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) in addition to digital mammography is associated with a decrease in recall rates, according to a new study published by the American Journal of Roentgenology. DBT was also associated with increased cancer detection rates in women from that same age group with dense breast tissue.

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Bracco files patent complaint against Jubilant for rubidium-82 generators

Imaging giant Bracco Diagnostics has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against Jubilant DraxImage, a Canadian radiopharmaceutical firm, requesting the ITC halt imports of Jubilant’s Ruby-Fill rubidium-82 generators and related components.

Around the web

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.