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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Read priority scoring system improves report turnaround time for urgent exams

Implementation of a read priority scoring system can have a positive impact on an institution’s report turnaround time (RTAT) and RTAT variability, according to a recent study published by the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

New Jersey Innovation Institute, SaferMD develop new data registry for radiologists

The New Jersey Institute of Technology’s New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) announced this week it has joined forces with SaferMD to provide radiologists with a new clinical-data registry.

Gadolinium-based contrast agent found to have low allergic-like reaction rate

Gadobutrol, a gadolinium-based contrast agent approved by the FDA in 2011, has a low allergic-like reaction rate similar to other gadolinium-based agents, according to a recent study published by Radiology. 

Deadline for ‘early bird’ AHRA 2016 registration is April 30

Mark those calendars! April 30 is the deadline to get “early bird” rates when registering for AHRA 2016.

MD Anderson Cancer Center signs deal with Elekta

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced this week it has signed a deal with Elekta, a radiation therapy technology company based out of Stockholm, Sweden, to acquire several products and services. 

Former employee of Minn. medical device company pleads guilty to ‘theft by swindle’

A former employee of PenRad, a Buffalo, Minn.-based medical device company, has pleaded guilty to 10 counts of “theft by swindle” for stealing more than $900,000 from the company for her own personal use. 

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Simple hand signals can improve communication during CT

Two Australian radiologists have developed a series of hand signals to improve communication between radiologists and radiographers during CT-guided and angiographic procedures.

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Q&A: Ezequiel Silva on ACR 2016 and why rads should listen to feedback from nonradiologists

Ezequiel Silva, MD, spoke with RadiologyBusiness.com about the ACR 2016 session he is moderating, how it came to be, and how increased communication can lead to improved patient care. 

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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.