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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4 drug companies reach $260M opioid settlement

Four drug companies, including one opioid maker and three distributors, have reached a $260 million settlement in Ohio to end litigation there for the companies’ roles in the state’s opioid overdose and abuse epidemic. 

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Should radiologists wear a white coat?

Patients have been identifying physicians by their white coats for many years now, but is such a uniform really necessary in radiology?

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How nursing salaries stack up

In 2018, the average annual salary for a registered nurse came in at $80,000, according to a new survey from Medscape.

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Kaiser Permanente workers ratify new agreement

Roughly 57,000 unionized workers in California from Kaiser Permanente have ratified a new agreement with the healthcare nonprofit. The agreement, which ended a scheduled strike in October by the workers amid negotiations for a new workforce contract, was announced at the end of September.

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Number of open radiographer positions on the rise in 2019

The vacancy rate for radiographers jumped from 4.2% in 2017 to 8.5% in 2019, according to a new survey published by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.

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Radiographer staffing vacancies increased across most specialties, ASRT survey finds

The number of vacant radiographer positions that are actively being recruited has risen, with many disciplines reaching their highest marks in more than a decade, according to new research from ASRT.

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Warren will soon reveal how to pay for Medicare for all

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a presidential candidate, has said she will soon reveal how she plans to pay for a Medicare for all health system as part of her platform, Politico reported.

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DBT performs ‘significantly’ better than mammography in detecting cancer, researchers find

Those results have been proven true regardless of tumor type, size or grade of cancer, Brigham and Women's researchers found.