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.

AI in healthcare funding hits new high

The first half of the year has been good to the healthcare space for those startup companies looking for funding, as the sector has seen a record influx of cash, according to a recent report from CB Insights.

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PA salaries rose slightly in 2018

Compensation for physician assistants rose 1% in 2018 from the previous year, according to the 2019 salary report from the American Academy of PAs. The median base salary increased marginally from $105,000 in 2017 to $106,000 in 2018.

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USPSTF recommends against pancreatic cancer screening for healthy patients

Asymptomatic adults should not be screened for pancreatic cancer, according to a new final recommendation shared by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).

Radiology reading material still too complex for all patients

Content featured on RadiologyInfo.org, a resource sponsored by the American College of Radiology and RSNA, is still too complex for all patients to understand, according to new findings published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Cardiologists sue CBS for defamation, negligence

A court case from half a decade ago reemerged this month after Kentucky-based cardiologists Satyabrata Chatterjee and Ashwini Anand filed a lawsuit against CBS, which featured their case in an August 2018 episode of “Whistleblower."

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AI startup company raises $550M

An AI health services startup company based in the U.K has raised a whopping $550 million in a recent series C funding round. The company, Babylon Health, developed a chatbot used by the National Health Service in the U.K. and is now valued at more than $2 billion.

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More than half of psychiatry studies spin conclusions

Online daters likely aren’t the only ones guilty of making themselves look better through a curated profile—authors of clinical studies spin their findings in certain sections of their reports in more than half of psychiatry trials, according to research published in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.

 

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Elderly at risk of falling cool-headedly watched by AI

An AI-enabled system for detecting seniors’ falls on video monitors has cut unnecessary use of EMT and emergency services by 80% in a pilot study.