Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Jackson Heart Study funded for 6 more years

The 20-year-old Jackson Heart Study—the largest long-term study of cardiovascular health in a defined population of African-Americans—has received another six years of funding from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

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UNLV, Desert Radiology partner to collaborate on business, research opportunities

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Desert Radiology, a nearby diagnostic imaging facility, have signed an agreement to provide imaging analysis services to study participants in university research.

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AHA: Proposed Senate bill neglects patients with pre-existing conditions

Just weeks after Senate bill 3388 was introduced to Congress, major U.S. health organizations like the American Heart Association are warning that despite legislative efforts to ensure equal access to healthcare, the bill wouldn’t adequately protect patients with pre-existing conditions.

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CDI to partner with Washington's Belladonna Breast Imaging Center

The Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) announced a new partnership with Bellevue, Washington-based Belladonna Breast Imaging Center (BBIC).

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Radiologist ranked as one of the best paying jobs in Canada

Working in radiology is one of the best paying jobs in all of Canada, according to a recent analysis from University Magazine.

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Lauterbur, 'Father of the MRI,’ honored by New York university

Stony Brook University in New York will display a plaque posthumously honoring Paul Lauterbur, MD, whose work led to the development of the MRI, in its new engineering building. The university also named a campus street after the late chemist, according to a news release.

UK's NHS spent $150M outsourcing imaging scans to manage radiologist shortage

Last year, the NHS spent $150 million outsourcing patient scans to cope with the radiologist shortage, according to a 2017 clinical radiology U.K. workforce census report released Wednesday, Sept. 5, by the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR).

Blood-testing company Theranos—once worth $9B—to dissolve

Theranos, the company that claimed it could test for a variety of medical conditions with a single drop of blood, is officially dissolving.