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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Doctors are more likely to be Democrats

The Republican party can no longer rely on U.S. doctors as supporters and donators, as this once solid group of backers has turned toward the Democratic party over the last several decades, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal.

Pres. candidate Mayor Pete’s ‘worst offender’ healthcare plan goes after pharma

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, currently the mayor of South Bend, Ind., presented his plan to take on high drug prices this week, tackling one of the hottest election issues.

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AMA ramps up pressure to limit sale of e-cigarettes

The American Medical Association sent a letter to the CEOs of five of the largest commerce companies in the U.S. urging them to take action against the sale of illicit e-cigarette products on their platforms.

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Researchers receive $3.6M grant to develop less painful cancer detection tool

University of Arizona Health Sciences scientists are developing a new 3D breast-specific cancer detection method that would do away with the often-painful compression methods used during mammograms.

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4 opportunities for radiologists to improve shared decision-making

Shared-decision making is central to patient-centered care. And according to a recent literature review, radiologists can play a key role in the process.

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Radiologist faulted for missed diagnosis, must apologize and undergo training

The New Zealand government is faulting a local radiologist who failed to recognize one 67-year-old patient’s bowel cancer in CT scans, which eventually spread to his lungs and liver.

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ACR publishes updates to appropriateness criteria

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has added four new topics and 15 revised topics to the ACR Appropriateness Criteria.

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Almost half of healthcare consumers ready to embrace medical AI

Some 46% of Americans are open to the idea of their physicians using AI to help make diagnoses.