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.

MSU Michigan State

MSU reinstates radiology chair after finding no evidence he obstructed Larry Nassar investigation

Michigan State University (MSU) suspended its chair of radiology, Suresh Mukherji, MD, MBA, in February in the wake of the scandal surrounding former MSU and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Now, after a university review concluded Mukherji did not attempt to obstruct the Nassar investigation or violate any school policy, he has been fully reinstated.

April 5, 2018

Trump proposes tariffs on a host of Chinese imports—including medical imaging equipment

In what some are calling the early stages in a trade war between the world’s two largest economies, the U.S. government has announced plans to place tariffs on more than 1,000 products imported from China—including medical imaging equipment.

April 5, 2018

Family files lawsuit against radiologist, 2 other doctors, 2 California hospitals for medical negligence

In December 2016, a 59-year-old patient from Middletown, California, saw doctors twice in eight days at two different hospitals for upper back pain. The day after her second visit, she died after her aorta ruptured.

April 5, 2018

US proposes new tariffs on Chinese imports—including medical imaging equipment

The U.S. government has proposed tariffs on more than a thousand products imported from China, including medical imaging equipment.

April 5, 2018

Patient portals could be causing additional patient stress

Patient portals are touted as a new avenue to improve engagement. But this new method of communication may be the cause of addition stress in the patients, according to the Washington Post.

April 4, 2018
partnership

Charlotte Radiology forms new venture, US Radiology Specialists, with healthcare investment firm

Charlotte Radiology, a private radiology practice based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, and the healthcare investment firm of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) have announced the formation of a new venture, US Radiology Specialists.

April 4, 2018
Diversity

How a Stanford radiologist is tackling the field’s diversity problem

Stanford pediatric radiologist Heike Daldrup-Link, MD, believes radiology has a diversity problem and is spearheading a long-term approach within the university’s own department and across the entire field.

April 4, 2018

Study IDs potential neural biomarkers for future course of major depression

Recent research published in JAMA Psychiatry is shedding light on the neural mechanisms behind relapse of major depressive disorder (MDD) and suggesting that focusing on certain neural regions after an episode could help predict the illness’ future course.

April 4, 2018