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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3 key statistics about gender disparity in radiology around the world

In recent years, significant progress has been made throughout the United States in the representation of women in healthcare. Radiology, however, remains one of the few medical specialties still dominated by men—a 2016 report from the Association of American Medical Colleges, for example, found that 24.7 percent of active radiologists in the country are female. To dive deeper into this gender gap, researchers studied the radiology workforce all over the world, publishing their findings in Academic Radiology.

Cancer patients in Turkey given incorrect irradiation treatment

Cancer patients receiving treatment at Akdeniz University Hospital’s Radiation Oncology Clinic in Antalya, Turkey, found that 27 patients were not given the correct dose of Total Body Irradiation (TBI) treatment.

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What's the impact on image quality if pediatric urgent care is staffed with rad techs?

The quality of radiographic imaging at pediatric urgent care centers improves when registered radiology technologists operate the radiographic equipment instead of pediatricians, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

University developed TEE simulator 1st to utilize patient images

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) isn’t a new technology, but a research professor at the University of Washington has created the first TEE simulator that utilizes real patient images to practice the complex procedure, The Daily reports.

Is a vaccine the answer for protecting athletes from CTE?

As the number of concussions suffered by athletes, including players in the National Football League, continues to rise, one company is developing a drug that could potentially inoculate the brain against chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

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Q&A: Mass General's Harvey on shifting from peer review to peer learning

Peer review has long been the industry norm for providing feedback to radiologists, but more and more academic and clinical departments are starting to implement a judgment-free alternative: peer learning.

RACC announces 2018 governing officers

The Radiology Administration Certification Commission (RACC) announced their 2018 officers, who will lead the commission for a one-year term.

Is it appropriate? 3 sources of wasteful imaging in Washington state

Over the course of a single year, $282 million was spent on wasteful healthcare in Washington state, according to a new report published by the Washington Health Alliance. Unnecessary imaging services made up a significant amount of that total.

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AI reduces CT lung cancer screening workload by nearly 80%

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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.

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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.