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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Imaging manufacturer will pay $18M to settle federal investigation, plus more radiology vendor news

Also, Insightec earns Medicare coverage for MR-guided treatment, a new AI tool to assist with COVID imaging, and Xact Robotics earns FDA clearance to market new product. 

Where does your state place on hospital safety?

Maine has topped all states in two separate five-year categories of hospital safety—percentage of “A” grade hospitals (57.1%) and average annual placement in these rankings (3.63). How did your state do?

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Conducting video interviews during the COVID pandemic: Radiology experts offer their advice

Both imaging giant Radiology Partners and Boston University Medical Center shared hiring best practices from their institutions this week. 

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Medicare Administrative Contractors exploring coverage of cerebral perfusion analysis using CT

"There is an opportunity to make your voice heard,” the American College of Radiology advised its members. 

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.