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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Community radiology practices suffer sizable imaging volume declines, with breast imaging hit hardest

That’s according to a new analysis of imaging data from nine such providers located across the country, published in JACR.  

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RapidAI receives ‘groundbreaking’ FDA clearance for its neuroimaging stroke platform

The system, known as Aspects, is the first neuroimaging solution in the FDA’s computer-assisted diagnostic software category to receive this designation.

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Endologix announces bankruptcy, company-wide reorganization due to pandemic-related challenges

Endologix, an Irvine, California-based healthcare company focused on aortic disorders, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and finalized a “consensual plan of reorganization."

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Physicians ask American Board of Radiology for greater lactation leeway when taking exams

Leaders with the American Association of Women in Radiology made their plea in an editorial published in Clinical Imaging.

Should hospitals pay physician leaders for their extra work? And 3 more questions on the subject

Physicians who spend time on leadership duties increasingly expect to be compensated for performing these “above and beyond” tasks.

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‘Action is urgently needed’ to spread cancer imaging know-how outside of top institutions, experts say

Trends in Medicare data also highlight the need to bolster radiologists’ adherence to evidence-based guidelines, scientists wrote in JACR.

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Peer-reviewed studies shared identical images, raising concerns over Chinese ‘paper mills’

Of the 121 papers attributed to hospitals and medical universities across nearly 50 Chinese cities, all shared at least one image, with many showing rotated or cropped cell colonies in an effort to appear unique.

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Radiologists should keep patients’ best interests in mind to mitigate gadolinium liability risk

Authors of a new opinion piece published in JACR recommend radiologists follow imaging society guidance and take a patient-centered approach to administering GBCAs.