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.

Rich Fabian, Medical Imaging Technology at AdvaMed Imaging chair of board, a medtech industry group made up of medical imaging companies to address higher level trends and public policy concerns, said tariffs are having a major impact for all vendors due to diverse supply chains that cannot be changed overnight. He said the U.S. tariffs and counter tariffs from, various countries will raise costs for U.S. health systems at a time where margins for them are already razor thin. #RSNA

Medical imaging industry group shares tariff concerns

AdvaMed, a medtech industry group made up of medical imaging companies, says tariffs are having a major impact for all vendors. 

Reprocessed EP catheters recalled due to contamination risk

The FDA has announced seven Class I recalls related to this issue. Customers are urged to destroy the devices immediately instead of returning them to the manufacturer. 

The HeartBeam AIMIGo device is approximately the size of a credit card and uses the company’s patented 3D vectorelectrocardiography (3D VECG) technology to capture signals from three different projections and deliver a synthesized 12-lead ECG.

ECG market keeps evolving thanks to AI, home monitoring and Epic integration

For years, the ECG market was relatively static. According to a new report, however, things are rapidly changing. 

Robert Wachter MD

5 takeaways from Dr. Wachter’s ‘Giant Leap’ with AI in healthcare

Someday the computerization of medicine will be recognized as the game-changing, paradigm-shifting, everything-upending “disruptive innovation” that so many healthcare watchers and stakeholders have been waiting for. “Today,” however, “it’s often just plain disruptive.”

insurance insurer payment claim denial reimbursement prior authorization

Patients cite prior authorization as top healthcare burden, KFF finds

In a new poll, more insured adults listed receiving coverage approval for treatment and medications as the single largest burden they face when navigating the U.S. healthcare system than any other issue. KFF found that 47% experienced “denied, delayed or altered” patient care over the last two years. 

Northwestern Medicine to partner with Siemens Healthineers to advance cancer care and theranostics

Siemens Healthineers partners with prominent health system to advance precision care

The duo plan to establish a global center of excellence in theranostics, taking advantage of Siemens’ state-of-the-art technology and software to advance the use of radiopharmaceuticals in cancer care.

Humana

Humana and Google partner on healthcare AI ‘Agent Assist’ for improved member support

The insurer said Google’s Gemini was part of the new AI’s core development. The system will support customer service interactions by automatically summarizing calls and pulling up relevant information, without the need for manual input. The Google Cloud will be providing the necessary data security to ensure patient privacy, the companies added. 

UChicago integrates iMRI technology into surgery workflows

University of Chicago 1 of select few in US using new intraoperative MRI tech to bolster surgical workflows

Providers who have used iMRI so far have shared high praise for the added capabilities it affords them during operations.