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.

Nearly 95% of women physicians sacrifice personal time for work

Medscape surveyed 3,003 women physicians in March and April with questions suggested by a panel of women physicians. The theme was “issues you care about.” Here are some highlights in the findings, released July 15.

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UC Irvine receives $14.4M NIH grant for Alzheimer’s research

The money will help power 10 individual research cores, including one focused on using neuroimaging methods to analyze brain changes associated with the disease.

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4 tips to help maintain breast imaging services during local COVID flare-ups

Scientists with the Italian College of Breast Radiologists recently detailed their advice for keeping mammography safe during the pandemic in La Radiologia Medica. 

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VA clinicians order fewer inappropriate MRIs for lower back pain compared to most

That’s according to new research analyzing more than 1 million visits across over 900 VA primary care sites, published in JAMA Network Open.

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Wisconsin radiology practice sues Ascension after hospital giant switches to out-of-state imaging partner

Milwaukee Radiologists Ltd. claims that a new joint-venture agreement signed by Ascension earlier this year with a Nashville physician practice violates its standing contract with the local group. 

American College of Radiology selects new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute chief

Elizabeth Rula, PhD, will replace Executive Director Danny Hughes, PhD, who has led the institute since its inception in 2012. 

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Edwards Lifesciences, Abbott agree to end patent dispute

In a statement announcing the news, Edwards said it “considers this agreement a positive development."

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Experts cast further doubts on COVID chest CT: ‘Not much of a diagnostic role for it’

Chinese researchers detailed these latest reservations in a new retrospective study, published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.