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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How to Offer Value When Nobody Seems to Want It

In opening direct communications with patients, radiologists have their work cut out for them

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Practice Diversity: Seeking Higher Vistas in New Ventures

As margins shrink, enterprising radiology practices seek diversification strategies to secure their futures

Rad reports should not include 'cannot exclude'

Radiologists need to stop writing “cannot exclude” in their reports, according to a recent commentary in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Countdown to ICD-10: A 30-day Checklist for Departments and Practices

On the cusp of ICD-10 implementation, close attention to last minute details will ensure a minimum of disruption

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The 20 Largest Outpatient-imaging Center Chains: Consolidation Continues, Hospital Alignment Takes Root

Despite the challenges, the embattled outpatient-imaging sector seeks growth and shelter in hospital alignment

2 radiologists honored with RLI's Leadership Luminary Award

The Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) presented its 2015 Leadership Luminary Award to Leonard Berlin, MD, and Bruce J. Hillman, MD, at the RLI Leadership Summit in Wellesley, Mass., earlier this month.

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Vacancy rates up for numerous medical imaging disciplines

The vacancy rates for numerous imaging disciplines have increased in the last two years, according to a recent survey performed by American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).

Collective intelligence: 15 heads are better than one for mammography interpretation

Radiologists using collective intelligence (CI) methods consistently produce more accurate breast cancer diagnoses than a single radiologist, according to recent research published by PLOS ONE. 

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.