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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New museum showcases history and pioneers of radiology

The ASRT Museum and Archives, a 4,500-square-foot museum full of fun exhibits and one-of-a-kind historical pieces, opened in June at the ASRT’s national office in Albuquerque, N.M. 

Two metrics to help estimate fetal radiation dose during CT

Two easy-to-obtain parameters can help physicists estimate the radiation dose to a fetus when pregnant patients undergo a CT scan, according to a study presented at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif. 

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Uninsured rate in U.S. is at lowest point in at least 7 years

During the second quarter of this year, 11.4 percent of adults in the U.S. were uninsured, the lowest rate since Gallup and Healthways began tracking it seven years ago.

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Making sense of overdiagnosis

Overdiagnosis has long been a central focus of the debate surrounding breast cancer screening schedules. According to a recent article for Academic Radiology, the root cause of overdiagnosis is an “information problem.”

INFINITT Announces Partnering Agreement with Trident USA, parent company of Mobilex and the leading provider of Mobile Diagnostic Services in the US

INFINITT announced today that TridentUSA Health Services has entered into a 7-year Partner Plus Agreement that is based on an unlimited software licensing model for INFINITT PACS and Cardiology Suite, in addition to custom software development.

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GOP Doctors Caucus shares ‘serious concerns’ with USPSTF recommendations

Yet another group has come out publicly against the latest United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft breast screening recommendations. 

DEA proposal would improve access to DaTscan

A recent proposal by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) would give more physicians access to [123l]lofupane (DaTscan), a diagnostic agent that helps make dopamine transporters in the brain visible and could lead to more accurate diagnoses of Parkinson’s. 

Bad grammar: A call to end the passive voice in radiological discourse

Radiologists rely on the passive voice much too often and should use the active voice whenever possible, according to a recent article published in Academic 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.