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.

New business model helps private cardiology practices stay independent
The new approach allows private practices to expand and evolve without being acquired.
FDA approves smallest defibrillation lead of its kind for LBBA placement
The OmniaSecure defibrillation lead from Medtronic is already approved for placement in the right ventricle. This latest approval covers the left bundle branch area, opening the door for conduction system pacing and other advanced techniques.
Man wins $10M jury verdict after ED physicians order wrong imaging exam
The incident left John Douglas Cox, a mechanic in Washington’s Clark County, partially paralyzed after physicians failed to promptly diagnose and treat a spinal infection.
Healthcare educators: Want to stabilize nurse staffing for years to come? Stand up for the Nurse Faculty Loan Program
Federal policy is bandaging localized nursing shortages while ignoring the patient’s serious internal illness.
FTC homes in on healthcare
The federal regulatory agency that exists to protect consumers and promote competition across the economy is newly focused on patients and clinicians as well as taxpayers.

How leaders can smooth radiologists’ return from parental leave

This issue is particularly important as program directors strive to bolster female rad ranks and make the specialty more inclusive.

Radiology resident will appeal judge’s decision to reverse $2.75M racial discrimination ruling

Baiywo Rop, MD, alleges AdventHealth terminated him for racially motivated reasons and his attorney says there was plenty of supporting evidence, adding the judge "disregarded" the will of jurors.

'Surprising’ widespread variation in payer-negotiated thyroid imaging prices

An uptake scan, for instance, could cost nearly five times as much within the same institution, depending on the patient’s insurer.

Microsoft notches antitrust approval for nearly $20B acquisition of radiology vendor Nuance

The two tech giants have now cleared a key hurdle to completing their merger, company officials revealed recently.

18* notable regulatory approvals of emerging technologies over the past 30 days

Along with AI and machine learning, the list may include virtual and augmented reality, 3D printing, robotics and other technologies currently changing healthcare delivery.

JAMA editor resigns after Twitter controversy

A top editor at the Journal for American Medical Association (JAMA) has stepped down, the American Medical Association has confirmed.

Outpatient imaging provider Akumin partnering with Philips to tackle radiology pain points

Akumin will deploy Philips' new workflow technology across its freestanding imaging center enterprise, which currently includes 134 locations, the pair said.

Judge rules radiology resident’s firing wasn’t racially motivated, reversing jury’s $2.75M decision

Florida Circuit Judge Kevin Weiss on Friday said AdventHealth provided legitimate and non-discriminatory reasons for firing the early-career provider.

Management

New business model helps private cardiology practices stay independent

FDA approves smallest defibrillation lead of its kind for LBBA placement

Man wins $10M jury verdict after ED physicians order wrong imaging exam

Healthcare educators: Want to stabilize nurse staffing for years to come? Stand up for the Nurse Faculty Loan Program

FTC homes in on healthcare