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.

De-escalated Hodgkin's lymphoma treatment only minimally less effective, study says

The New England Journal of Medicine published a study this month that investigated Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients’ survival rates in relation to the chemotherapy based on PET-CT scan results. 

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Staying ahead of the curve with tomosynthesis

McKesson

Digital breast tomosynthesis is no longer just a buzzworthy technology among imaging experts; patients have gotten word and are now increasingly demanding access from their local providers.

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Improving value and outcomes: McKesson radiology GM shares thoughts on company’s role

McKesson

The pressures on providers in an era of evolving payment models and ever-evolving technology could not be more demanding. In order to be successful, providers will need strong solutions from their technology partners.

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Providers may underestimate radiation dose from CT

While physicians, technologists, and radiologists were aware of the radiation risk from CT scans, many failed to correctly identify the actual radiation dose from those scans, according to a new survey published in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences.

Developer eyes possibilities in digital specimen radiography

At Kubtec Digital X-ray, a developer of digital specimen radiography systems, the new wave of imaging technology offers many different options for a wider variety of patients. 

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Q&A: David M. Yousem on updating the peer review process

David M. Yousem, MD, MBA, Yousem and other specialists worked with the Johns Hopkins Technology Innovation Center to develop a new peer review system, Advanced Peer Review. Yousem spoke with Radiology Business about Advanced Peer Review and how it has changed his colleagues’ opinions on peer review in general. 

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Can the imaging industry reduce reading room interruptions?

Radiologists everywhere are searching for the Perfect Reading Room Workflow; you know, the one where everything falls right into place, and everyone does the most efficient action possible at all times. 

Mesa Biotech creates infectious disease initiative advisory board

Mesa Biotech, a San Diego-based molecular diagnostic company, has formed a scientific advisory board to oversee the development and commercialization of the company’s infectious disease initiatives.

Around the web

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.