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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Q&A: Jay A. Baker on breast cancer screening, the benefits of DBT and more

Jay A. Baker, MD, professor of radiology and chief of the breast imaging division at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and the vice president of the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI), spoke with Radiology Business about some of the biggest topics affecting breast imaging today.

Radiologist Nicola Part of Team Selected as ACEP Choosing Wisely Champions

Reston, VA – Gregory N. Nicola, MD, FACR, chair of the ACR Economics Committee on MACRA, is among a team of physicians chosen by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) as Choosing Wisely “Champions.”

Concordia Care acquires Atlantic Imaging Group

Concordia Care, a Miami-based care-coordination company, announced it has completed the acquisition of New Jersey-based Atlantic Imaging Group (AIG).

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Q&A: Bill Lacy on why radiologist excitement is growing around Fujifilm’s AI initiative

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

Artificial intelligence (AI) was the center of attention at RSNA 2017 in Chicago, and FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. got in on the fun by unveiling its new AI development initiative from its booth at McCormick Place. Bill Lacy, FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. vice president of medical informatics, spoke to us after the show about both the history behind the initiative and its bright future.

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In Boston, a 3D power user raises the bar for pediatric imaging

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

If you put a leading-edge 3D visualization platform in the hands of a fearlessly tech-forward radiologist, don’t be surprised if some real innovation emerges. That’s one lesson to be drawn from a recent cross-subspecialty adaptation of a Fujifilm Synapse® 3D component called Sector MPR. 

CT, 3D printing unveil face of 9,000-year-old Greek teen

Using CT and 3D printing, researchers unveiled the reconstructed face of a teenager, Avgi, who lived in the Mesolithic period, around 7,000 B.C.

Persistence pays off for patient as doctors catch breast cancer early

Michelle Firzlaff had a family history of breast cancer, so she began getting mammograms at the age of 30. Then, last August, the 46-year-old found out her physicians had detected a malignant tumor in one of her breasts.

ACR applauds introduction of new patient-centric bill

The American College of Radiology (ACR) thanked Virginia Delegate Patrick A. Hope (D-47) for his part in the introduction of the Health Insurance Coverage Decisions and Medically Necessary Services Act (HB 1445) to the Virginia House of Delegates.

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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.