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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ESR proudly supports radiologists in Ukraine

Vienna, April 03, 2017 (ESR) – Ukraine has become the latest country to benefit from the ESR Support Initiative, with various actions planned to boost educational opportunities for imaging professionals and trainees in the country, sponsored by the European Society of Radiology (ESR), for a period of one year, starting in March 2017.

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Billing woes: If something seems off, be proactive and investigate

The biggest problem we have as practice administrators or physicians is that we see management reports illustrating the end result and process failures contributing to revenue declines are not evident. As long as we, as an industry, insist on the lowest price, we will continue to get what we pay for in terms of over-automation and failures of process controls.

Varex Imaging names Jocelyn Chertoff to board

Jocelyn D. Chertoff, MD, has been appointed to Varex Imaging Corporation’s Board of Directors, effective today April 3, 2017.

Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) Announces New Fellows and Residents-In-Training Partnership with Toshiba Medical

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and Toshiba Medical today announce a new partnership dedicated to providing career development opportunities for radiology fellows and residents in the United States. Toshiba Medical’s support will allow 250 U.S.-based fellows and residents to join SCCT at no charge for one year, enhancing their early career opportunities and building their awareness of the growing contributions of cardiovascular computed tomography.

Report: Cancer deaths decline for all racial groups in last 40 years

According to the Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, overall death rates related to cancer have decreased in men, women and children for all major racial and ethnic groups between 1975 and 2014.

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Breast cancer deaths down 40% since 1990, thanks to mammography

A new report from the National Cancer Institute reaffirms the efficacy of regular mammography screening, finding breast cancer deaths have dropped nearly 40 percent since 1990. This reduction represents over 274,000 lives saved, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR).

Missing records for Fukushima child with thyroid cancer raise questions

According to ABC News, a child who was diagnosed with thyroid cancer after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident is missing from government checkup records.

Antibody protects, reverses effects of radiation-induced pulmonary fibrosis

Two thirds of cancer patients undergo radiation therapy as part of their treatment regimen. While most patients tolerate it well, some cases can lead to damage in healthy tissues that are also irradiated or a side effect called radiation-induced fibrosis.

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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.