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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Zipnosis, GYANT partner on new patient engagement solution for health systems

Zipnosis, a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based healthcare technology company, has kicked off a new partnership with GYANT, a San Francisco-based company focused on improving physician-patient communication with AI.

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Cancer death rates drop to lowest rate since the '90s

Cancer death rates achieved their largest one-year drop between 2016 and 2017, according to the latest data from the American Cancer Society, which published the findings in their journal.

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Could 2020 be the year of women in cardiology?

A number of female cardiologists are leading, or preparing to lead, top cardiology organizations this year. Could 2020 mean a paradigm shift for the field?

Nurse leader calls for ‘civility’ in radiology: 4 steps to get there

A medical imaging nurse manager offers care teams four easy steps to begin addressing bullying in the workplace.

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Hospital charges are driving higher payments

Hospital charges are on their way up, driving up private payments that are already significantly higher than public payments, according to a new study published in Health Affairs. However, the widening gap between private and public payments appears to be slowing down.

 

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Hospitals testing new imaging technique as cheaper alternative to PET for Alzheimer’s detection

Several East Coast institutions are collaborating to trial a new diagnostic method that could detect the disease two or more decades before symptoms arise. 

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Lunit raises $26M to ramp up sales of AI software

Lunit, a medical software company based out of South Korea, has completed a Series C funding round worth $26 million.

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Kaiser Permanente launches union-partnered $130M nonprofit

Kaiser Permanente, a major nonprofit health system based in California, has partnered with SEUI-UHW to launch Futuro Health, a $130 million nonprofit organization.