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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ACR selected to train ‘B Reader’ physicians for government program

The American College of Radiology (ACR) Education Center has been chosen by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to train qualified physicians to identify signs of pneumoconiosis in chest x-rays.

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Healthcare groups outline 7 policy recommendations for surprise medical bill legislation

Prominent healthcare organizations, including the American College of Radiology (ACR) and American Medical Association (AMA), have asked Congress to consider certain policy recommendations during its push to protect patients from surprise medical bills.  

Strategic Radiology hires new director of membership development

Strategic Radiology has announced that Dan Schriger, a veteran of the medical imaging industry, is the company’s new director of membership development.

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Imaging may not always be necessary for women experiencing breast pain

Women regularly undergo imaging examinations because they are experiencing breast pain. If there are no other symptoms, however, imaging may not be necessary, according to new findings published in the Journal of Breast Imaging.

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Moving specialty drug administration from hospitals to homes could save $4B per year

Administering specialty drugs in physicians’ offices and patients’ homes instead of in-hospital could improve care and cut healthcare spending in the U.S. by $4 billion each year, according to a Sept. 9 report from UnitedHealth Group.

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Patients leery of medical AI

Healthcare consumers see AI-delivered healthcare as standardized and therefore neglectful of patients’ individual needs, which is one reason they tend to be less accepting of healthcare delivered by AI than that provided by humans.

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As Surgery Gives Way to Transcatheter Procedures, Is the Cardiology Cash Cow in Jeopardy?

With minimally invasive structural procedures crowding out their surgical counterparts, how are physicians and hospitals preparing for the new reality? 

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Public health investigation yields connection between vaping, severe lung disease

Researchers have used imaging findings to establish a connection between the use of e-cigarettes and severe pulmonary disease, sharing their findings in the New England Journal of Medicine.