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.

GE Healthcare launches gadolinium-based contrast agent

GE Healthcare recently announced its launch of Clariscan (gadoteric acid), a gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) designed to support effective visualization of abnormalities in the brain, spine and associated tissues.

Smartmedical, Siemens Healthcare reach agreement for outsourcing radiology equipment

Smartmedical Corp. has signed an “agreement of outsourcing radiology equipment” as a partnership with Siemens Healthcare, a Japanese subsidiary of Siemens Healthineers, to develop medical scanning centers at community primary care hubs.

Get ready for Colon Cancer Awareness Month

You might see radiology departments across the country wearing a little more blue than usual on March 3, otherwise known as National Dress in Blue Day. Part of Colon Cancer Awareness Month, Dress in Blue Day is intended to raise awareness of the preventable nature of colon cancer.

Intermountain Healthcare Acquires two Utah Radiology Associates centers

Utah Radiology Associates (URA) and Intermountain Healthcare (IH) have entered into an agreement for IH to acquire ownership and management of URA’s privately owned outpatient imaging center, Utah Valley Imaging, and its multidisciplinary pain management clinic, Utah Valley Pain Management.

Could mild TBI, concussion increase the risk of Alzheimer's?

A new study has linked people who experience mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) as being associated with greater neurodegeneration in those at risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

GE Healthcare packing its bags for downtown Chicago

GE Healthcare is off to the big (second) city, according to a report from the Chicago Tribune that details their move from suburban Chicago to the downtown area. Hundreds of GE Healthcare employees will join their GE Transportation colleagues in the West Loop neighborhood starting in the third quarter of 2017.

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Non-radiologist reads can increase resource utilization

The growing trend of emergency physicians interpreting ultrasound exams can lead to increased imaging utilization downstream, according to an article published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

From paper to electronic: One hospital's success story

With a manual process in place to record measurements into a patient’s report, the productivity of Florida Hospital’s team of radiologists was being negatively impacted.

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The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.

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.

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.