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 offers internships for women, underrepresented minorities interested in radiology

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is once again offering its Pipeline Initiative for the Enrichment of Radiology (PIER) internship to help first-year medical students connect with practicing radiologists. 

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Cheap MRI markers can ease children’s anxieties during scanning

Using imaging markers such as gummy candies or a plastic, fish-shaped container can alleviate children’s anxieties during MRI exams and cut costs for radiology departments, according to a recent Australian study published in BMJ Open.

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How to improve patient adherence to annual lung cancer screening recommendations

Hiring a full-time program coordinator can help health systems bring in more patients for annual lung cancer screening, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Reports: Radiation oncologist a leading candidate to be FDA commissioner

Stephen M. Hahn, MD, chief of radiation oncology and chief medical executive at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, is being considered by the Trump administration to be the next commissioner of the FDA, according to numerous reports from outlets such as The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.

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Industry-funded report shows hospital mergers boost care, lower costs

A new report from the American Hospital Association revealed hospital and health system M&A can have benefits––lower costs and higher quality care.

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AI finding a foothold in healthcare marketing

While much of the attention paid to AI in healthcare has focused on applications to improve care and the administration thereof, industry players have quietly begun tapping the technology to boost sales of their healthcare wares.

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Nuclear medicine, cardio groups reject proposed myocardial PET cuts

Multiple nuclear medicine and cardiology groups are working to oppose potential cuts to myocardial PET scans that were made possible by the CMS 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule, according to a joint statement.

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Kaiser Permanente will be forced to disclose more under California law

Kaiser Permanente, a large health system based in California, will be forced to follow the same disclosure laws as other healthcare payers and providers in the state thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.