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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Neuroradiology training programs are not embracing social media

Most neuroradiology training programs are failing to use social media and missing an opportunity to engage with the public, according to new research published by the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Q&A: Why the public should not worry about radiation contamination when bodies are cremated

When JAMA published research detailing radiation contamination in a crematorium, it gained considerable attention from both the mainstream media and the general public. Mahadevappa Mahesh, MS, PhD, chief physicist for Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, spoke with Radiology Business to provide additional information about this subject.

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Playing the Long Game: Connect & Collaborate to Tackle Social Determinants of Health

Addressing social determinants of health improves outcomes, possibly providing a return on investment. Margins matter, but it’s a long game, often driven by a sense of mission.

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Relationships Revealed: Companies Paid U.S. Cardiologists $520M in Sunshine Act’s First 3 Years

Receiving payments from industry influenced physicians’ device selection but not patient outcomes, according to researchers who analyzed three years of Open Payment Program data.

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Heart failure readmissions not targeted by HRRP also declined after policy announcement

Even though the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program (HRRP) targeted principal heart failure admissions, a new analysis in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology showed readmissions also declined for patients with a secondary diagnosis of heart failure.

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British health system overspends on imaging, other tests for pediatric fever

Researchers in Britain are calling for better, faster tests to distinguish between viral and bacterial illness in children presenting to emergency rooms with a fever. Such a development would save children and their families the anxiety of unnecessary exams, including imaging, and make a meaningful dent in the financial burden on the U.K’s National Health Service.

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Why storytelling enhances the power of data

Data alone can’t bring in new partnerships and build a successful healthcare operator. There has to be a story behind the data to help get new models of care off the ground, according to partners with PwC, who spoke at ACHE's Congress on Healthcare Leadership conference in Chicago.

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Legislation to permanently repeal medical device tax introduced in Senate

More than seven months after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to permanently repeal the country’s medical device tax, bipartisan legislation to accomplish the same goal has been introduced in the U.S. Senate