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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CT is all you need for some pediatric skull fractures

CT with 3D reconstruction is more than sufficient for diagnosing skull fractures in young children with abusive head trauma, according to a study published in Pediatric Radiology.

Radiologists, urologists collaborate on voiding cystourethrogram protocols

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has announced newly established standards for performing voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG), which uses fluoroscopy to examine a child’s bladder and lower urinary tract.

ACR releases updated CPT codes effective in 2017

The American College of Radiology has released an updated list of the 2017 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes relevant to radiology. Care providers should review the changes before they take effect Jan. 1, 2017. 

Growth in contrast media driven by microbubbles

The global market for contrast media is expected to reach $5.44 billion by 2021, according to a Markets and Markets report. The growth is largely driven by the increase in microbubble usage, the fastest growing segment of contrast.

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Taiwan serves as litmus test for bundled payments in US

The success of bundled breast payments in Taiwan may be generalizable to the U.S., according to a collaborative study published in the Journal of American Medical Association by a group of Taiwanese and U.S. researchers.

UCSF, John Muir expand cancer care in San Francisco area

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and John Muir Health are building upon their current cancer care collaboration by building a new outpatient center.

Physician-author explores the downside of PACS

The rapid adoption of PACS allowed the medical industry to watch the first specialty digitize before our eyes: radiology. While the economic and clinical benefits are substantiated and accepted by nearly all, Bob Wachter focuses on a different element; how they've affected the place of the radiologist within the care center. 

Imaging informatics market to top $5 million by 2021

The medical informatics market is expected to eclipse $5 million by 2021, according to a report published by Allied Market Research.

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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.