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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Cloud-Powered Virtual Health System Grows in Inglewood

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Ten years ago, Brad Schmidt left a high-flying sales job with a major healthcare OEM to bring first-class imaging services to the underserved community of southwestern Los Angeles County.

Managing radiology’s ‘complex, demanding and disruptive’ work environment

A study revealed that non-image-interpretive tasks (NITs) such as phone calls and meetings take up a significant amount of time and divert attention away from image-interpretive tasks (IIT), which could negatively affect quality metrics.

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What would you do? Imaging leaders share how to manage a delicate situation

Imagine that you are managing a group of radiologists, and your oldest employee is working part-time. Other employees share their concern that the quality of this employee’s reports is lacking, potentially due to “cognitive decline.” How do you proceed? Two doctors presented four different imaging leaders with this hypothetical situation, asking each one what they would do.

Radiology Partners to join the American College of Radiology’s R-SCAN network

Radiology Partners (RP), the largest on-site radiology group in the U.S., have announced it will join the American College of Radiology’s (ACR) Radiology Support, Communication and Alignment Network (R-SCAN). 

American College of Radiology partners with Society for Participatory Medicine in effort to focus on patient-physician collaboration

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is joining the Society for Participatory Medicine (SPM).

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Implementing a focused IO service line: 3 key takeaways

Establishing an interventional oncology (IO) service line at a quaternary cancer center can make a significant impact, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

ACR supports new bill to delay implementation of USPSTF screening recommendations until 2019

The American College of Radiology (ACR) issued a statement saying it supports provisions in a new Senate bill that would extend the current two-year delay in implementation of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) breast cancer screening recommendations. 

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Q&A: Marc F. Inciardi on using FFDM and ABUS together in dense-breast screening

A recent American Journal of Roentgenology study found that combining full-field digital mammography (FFDM) with 3D automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) improved radiologists’ performance in detecting breast cancer in women with dense breast tissue compared to just FFDM alone. 

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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.