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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Palliative radiation improves life for terminal lung cancer patients—but how much is too much?

More than a third of patients diagnosed with terminal lung cancer undergo palliative radiation therapy that can improve their quality of life, but more than half of those individuals could be experiencing overtreatment, researchers reported this month.

Researchers developing a new pill for breast cancer diagnosis

A team of researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is developing a new pill that could make tumors light up when exposed to infrared light. Could this someday be used in breast cancer screening?

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ASRT Foundation, Canon Medical Systems USA now accepting applications for grant program

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) announced Friday, April 27, that the ASRT Foundation and Canon Medical Systems USA are now accepting applications for the 2018 Safety FiRsT grant program, which helps fund projects aimed at giving radiologic technologists a safe work environment.

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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.

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Health Imaging
AI reduces CT lung cancer screening workload by nearly 80%

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

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.