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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EOS imaging receives FDA clearance for Micro Dose

The Micro Dose option, now available on the EOS equipment, brings pediatric spine follow-up imaging exams equivalent in dose to approximately one week of natural background radiation.

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Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging supports growth with strong PACS and clinically experienced PACS administrator

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When Dane’lle Southern was approached by Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging Centers’ (SDMI) CIO to take on the role of PACS administrator for the company, she initially declined, and remembers thinking she couldn’t possibly be a good fit for the position.

Consumer Reports publishes 5 tactics to avoid excess radiation

A special "investigation" from Consumer Reports provides patients with five tactics to deploy prior to receiving a medical test involving ionizing radiation—including assurance that the study will be read by a radiologist.

2015 Coding & Reimbursement Seminars: Tackling the Coding & Reimbursement Challenges of the Day!

Melody W. Mulaik, MSHS, CRA, FAHRA, RCC, CPC, CPC-H, president, Coding Strategies, Inc, will present two coding and remibursement seminars on consecutive days: February 18 and Fruary 19, from 1 to 3 PM, EST.

RLI awards first Certificate of Leadership Mastery™

Reston, Va. (Jan. 28, 2015) — Ian Weissman, DO, is the first Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI) participant to complete all four levels of the RLI program and earn a Certificate of Leadership Mastery™.

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Head CT scans in the ED: Essential or exploited?

Many patients who present to the emergency department with dizziness and syncope receive head CT, but how many actually benefit?

AHRA and Toshiba announce 2014 Putting Patients First Grant Winners

Program grant total reaches $425,000; 43 grants.

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Siemens names new healthcare leadership team

The German industrial giant Siemens has appointed a new team of executives to run its healthcare business. Siemens has named Bernd Montag, the current CEO of the Imaging and Therapy Systems Division at Siemens AG, to head the company’s healthcare division, replacing Hermann Requardt, who is stepping down after leading the business since 2001.

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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.