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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Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals announces U.S. launch of OptiSync™ data management system

ST. LOUIS (September 22, 2014) – Mallinckrodt (NYSE: MNK) today announced the U.S. launch of the OptiSyncTM data management system as a new technology in its Global Medical Imaging segment. The OptiSync system is designed to help healthcare professionals efficiently collect and analyze radiology data from when a patient undergoes a contrast media-enhanced computed tomography (CT) diagnostic imaging procedure.

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Enhancing staffing accuracy with predictive modeling and best practices

Sponsored by vRad

In imaging services, “getting it right” is of utmost importance when it comes to selecting the appropriate equipment, administering the correct radiation dose and delivering excellent patient care. Getting it right also is an imperative where staffing is concerned.

IOM urges America to better serve the dying

The country with the sixth highest quality of life has an abysmal system for taking care of people drawing near to the end of their lives. That’s the bad news. 

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Buckle your seatbelts

No event of the past week has greater potential to transform healthcare delivery than the news from California that seven competitive health systems have allied with Anthem Blue Cross to launch a new health plan, Anthem Vivety.

Agfa HealthCare strengthens executive leadership with new appointments

Agfa HealthCare announced today that William Corsten has been named the company's new regional President in North America.  A seasoned healthcare IT executive, Mr. Corsten will be responsible for leading Agfa HealthCare in the United States and Canada, reporting to Luc Thijs, President of Agfa HealthCare N.V.

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CMS offers three new training resources for PQRS participants

In recognition of National Health IT Week, CMS has launched three new resources designed to ease participation in the Physician Quality Reporting System. The training modules are offered through the agency’s eHealth University, which provides education on all of CMS’s eHealth programs, including Meaningful Use, Administrative Simplification and ICD-10.

MGMA seeks applications for Association President and CEO

Englewood, Colo., Sept. 18, 2014—The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), today released a candidate profile summary for applicants interested in the position of MGMA president and CEO.

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Q & A: ACR’s Peters on AMA’s EHR Call to Action

Doctors see the point of electronic health records, they just detest EHR systems as currently configured. The American Medical Association found as much last year, when its study with RAND Corp. confirmed widespread disgruntlement. Now AMA has issued a framework to fix the problems.

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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.