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.

Preprocedural consults with interventional radiologists boost patient satisfaction while reducing anxiety
Researchers recently examined the benefit of these consultations, conducting a randomized clinical trial incorporating explanatory videos about IR procedures.
Radiology societies urge Trump administration to make remote imaging exam supervision permanent
"Eliminating this flexibility would significantly reduce outpatient imaging capacity, forcing many patients to seek services in hospital-based settings," the RBMA contends.
Startup seeking to simplify medical imaging referrals raises $101M
Tennr uses an “enterprise orchestration engine” and series of specialized language models, trained on the nuances of processing documentation against payer criteria.
Senators introduce bipartisan bill to ban most noncompete clauses
The American College of Emergency Physicians contends the law change would restore physicians’ freedom to choose where they practice and protect their clinical autonomy.
Veterans Affairs denies it discriminates based on politics, marital status
A report from the Guardian details how the VA removed language protecting patients from discrimination based on political affiliation and lifestyle. The department denies that there has been any actual change in policy.

Fujifilm receives FDA approval for 6 endoscopic imaging solutions

Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. has received FDA clearance for six different endoscopic imaging solutions.

Low-cost model boosts confidence of interventional radiology trainees

Interventional radiologists can practice the delicate art of retrieving an IVC filter without risking any harm to a patient, thanks to a newly developed simulation model.

GE Healthcare sets sights on improving immunotherapy response rates

GE Healthcare announced this week that it is partnering with several companies to develop a line of PET tracers in the hopes of better predicting patients’ responses to immunotherapies.

How doctors are leveraging surgical robots

General surgery in robotics is taking off, and its advantages are helping doctors perform more procedures and reduce risks, according to a profile in The New Yorker.

CMS finalizes $4B in cuts to DSH program

CMS has finalized a proposed rule to the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program that will result in $4 billion in payment cuts in 2020.

Screening ultrasound (US) examinations after digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and after digital mammography (DM) result in comparable cancer detection rates, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

MITA updates white paper on imaging device servicing, remanufacturing

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) has continued its push to get the FDA to clarify the difference between servicing and remanufacturing.

PET improves patient selection for radionuclide therapy

Researchers have found that gallium-68 (Ga-68) dotatate PET/CT is a more effective tool for finding candidates for peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) than traditional methods, sharing their findings in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Management

Preprocedural consults with interventional radiologists boost patient satisfaction while reducing anxiety

Radiology societies urge Trump administration to make remote imaging exam supervision permanent

Startup seeking to simplify medical imaging referrals raises $101M

Senators introduce bipartisan bill to ban most noncompete clauses

Veterans Affairs denies it discriminates based on politics, marital status