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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DBT detects more architectural distortion lesions than 2D mammography alone

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) can help radiologists detect more architectural distortion (AD) lesions than 2D mammography alone, according to a new study published in Radiology.

Measuring visceral fat could help stratify prognosis in women with renal cell carcinoma

Measuring visceral fat area via CT could help stratify prognosis for women with renal cell carcinoma (RCC), and radiographic analyses could further guide therapeutic and surgical decisions, according to a study published in Radiology’s March edition.

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Reduced-dose radiotherapy as effective as full dose in breast cancer patients—with fewer side effects

Women who opt for partial or lower-dose radiotherapy during breast cancer treatment may experience fewer side effects while maintaining the efficacy of a full dose, researchers reported at the European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona this month.

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AHRA CEO retiring after 14 years

Edward J. Cronin Jr., AHRA’s CEO, has announced he is retiring at the end of the year after 14 years in the position.

Washington radiology practices announce new partnership

Two radiology practices from Washington state—Spokane-based Inland Imaging and Tri-Cities-based Columbia Basin Imaging (CBI)—have announced that they are combining their groups, effective September 2018.

Radiology Partners announces partnership with Access Radiology

Radiology Partners announced Wednesday, March 28, that it has entered into a new partnership with Access Radiology, the largest radiology practice in Louisiana.

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Higher-dose radiation therapy improves biochemical control, reduces metastasis in prostate cancer patients

High-dose radiotherapy doesn’t improve survival in men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, but it can improve biochemical control and rates of tumor metastasis, researchers reported of the first large-scale study to examine whether hiked radiation doses are linked to improved survival.

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84% of chest, abdominal, pelvic CTs imaged off-center

The majority of chest, abdominal and pelvic CTs are scanned off-center—a phenomenon that could impact both dose and image quality, a group of Atlanta researchers reported this month in Current Problems in Diagnostic 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.