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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Journalist to deliver AHRA 2016 Spring Conference keynote about leadership

Emmy-winning journalist Jan Fox is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the AHRA 2016 Spring Conference, the association announced this week. Fox has years of experience as a reporter, news anchor, and talk show host. 

HIMSS reports on 2016’s ‘growth technologies’

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics has published a report on some of the technologies shaping hospitals’ purchase plans in 2016.

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Q&A: Radiologist H. Benjamin Harvey on malpractice claims, fear, and learning from mistakes

H. Benjamin Harvey, MD, JD, Massachusetts General Hospital department of radiology, spoke with RadiologyBusiness.com about trends associated with radiology malpractice claims and how those trends may impact individual radiologists. 

ACR announces new Quality Experience Committee

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has announced that its newly formed Quality Experience Committee will focus on finding “quality, safety and patient experience priorities” to improve both patient care and health outcomes in radiology. 

Mammosphere founder discusses acquisition

Mammosphere, a women’s imaging network, made headlines last month when it was acquired by Waltham, Mass.-based lifeIMAGE. The acquisition allows providers using the lifeIMAGE medical image exchange platform to easily access the Mammosphere network. 

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Patients see value in discussing imaging results with an expert

According to a recent study published by Journal of the American College of Radiology, patients may not fully understand the role of a radiologist, but they do find value in immediately discussing their imaging results directly with an expert. 

IRadimed Corporation announces revenue, net income increases in 4Q 2015

IRadimed Corporation, a Winter Springs, Fla.-based developer and manufacturer of MRI-related products, announced its fourth quarter 2015 financial results this week. 

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Guided meditation or music on headphones can decrease biopsy anxiety

Listening to guided meditation or relaxing music during an imaging-guided core-needle breast biopsy (CNBB) can reduce patient anxiety without interfering with radiologist-patient communication, according to a new study published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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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.