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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Developing Strategic Practice Cultures Through Analytics

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Medical practices that once focused almost solely on the quality of care are increasingly including profitability and long-term viability in their strategic plans.

Developing and Deploying Business Dashboards and Scorecards

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On September 8, at the California Radiological Society’s 2012 Annual Meeting & Leadership Summit in San Francisco, Paul Chang, MD, presented “Developing and Deploying Business Dashboards and Scorecards in Radiology.”

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Underscoring Culture Change With Analytics

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Welcome to the inaugural issue of MedAnalytx, the web journal of business analytics and informatics for the health-care practice.

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Physician Engagement Through Analytics: Performance and Profitability

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To many people, the evolution of the US health-care system is something taking place through the legislative process—in particular, the 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Debt Ceiling Deal Leaves Device Tax in Place

However, medical device developers may get another run at ending the 2.3% excise tax on medical devices soon

Mostashari Shares Concerns After Leaving ONC

In one of his first public speaking opportunities since leaving his position as head of the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology, Farzad Mostashari, MD, expressed some concerns he could not have shared before leaving the ONC

HIE Study Finds Major Savings in Reducing Duplicative Imaging in ERs

A study on how access to a health information exchange (HIE) in South Carolina impacted emergency department care costs found that nearly half of the more than $1 million in savings documented was due to a reduction in the need for ordering imaging tests

RSNA/ACR Support USPSTF Recommendation on CT Lung Cancer Screening but Wait to Issue Own Guidelines

In a statement of support for the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft recommendation in favor of CT lung cancer screening of high-risk individuals, the RSNA and ACR also stated that that the ACR is working on guidelines and practice standards, but for now, providers and patients should follow the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline for lung cancer screening

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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.