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 takeaways from David C. Kushner’s ACR presidential address

David C. Kushner, MD, served as the 2015-2016 president of the American College of Radiology, and his 2016 presidential address about patient- and family-centered care has now been published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

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Breast oncologists can turn off the magnets during follow-ups

A University of Western Australia study has shown that ultrasound is a cost- and time-effective follow-up for women under 50 who’ve had an MRI screening for breast cancer.

Radiologist named new senior medical advisor of HistoSonics

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based HistoSonics has announced that radiologist Fred Lee Jr., MD, is the company’s new senior medical advisor and a board member. 

Iowa rad provides insight into best practices at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

In a new commentary, Kris Messner, the manager of radiology imaging services at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa, discusses his experience when he visited the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. 

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Q&A: Weill Cornell Medicine physician talks HIFU technology, treating essential tremor

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a technology that has been used to address benign tumors in the uterus and cancerous prostate tumors. But it’s now being used to treat essential tremors after the FDA approved it in July.

Zimmer Biomet acquires Clinical Graphics, adds 3D range-of-motion platform for hip treatments

Zimmer Biomet Holdings has acquired Clinical Graphics, a company focused on imaging of 3D range-of-motion simulation technology for hip treatments. 

ACR stands with Ways and Means on CMS's proposed screening cuts

Potential congressional plans for cutting Medicare reimbursement for low-dose CT lung cancer screenings would be a problem for patients and providers, the ACR said in the statement. 

Harvard Medical School launches Library of Evidence to help clinicians order imaging exams

Harvard Medical School (HMS) announced this week it is launching Library of Evidence, a free online resource that helps clinicians order appropriate imaging tests. 

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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.