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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AMA calls for continued efforts to decrease physician burnout

The American Medical Association (AMA) is calling for continued efforts to reduce physician burnout even after new research has found that notable progress is being made in that area. 

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Physician burnout improves, but more work ahead

Physician burnout is getting better, according to a new triennial study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. In fact, doctors were less likely to indicate emotional exhaustion and depersonalization in a survey in 2017 compared to 2014, and burnout prevalence is closer to 2011 levels.

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PET scans ID biomarkers that could spare breast cancer patients from chemotherapy

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, have used PET scans to identify biomarkers that may help predict which breast cancer patients can avoid chemotherapy treatment.

Women don’t want to wait for their mammogram results, study finds

“These suggestions can help clinics and providers make changes to how they communicate screening mammogram results,” wrote Biren A. Shah, MD, of Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in Richmond, in a recent Journal of the American College of Radiology study.

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Communication system improves follow-up recommendations for incidental pulmonary nodules

Implementing a closed-loop communication system can improve the quality of radiologists’ follow-up recommendations for incidental pulmonary nodules, according to new research published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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How are interventional radiology/diagnostic radiology programs recruiting students?

Interventional radiology/diagnostic radiology (IR/DR) is a new primary specialty medical students can apply to immediately after medical school. Are these programs doing an effective job reaching out to students? 

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Hospitals team up in surprise billing framework

A group of hospital associations sent a letter to Congress outlining their joint position to utilize a new set of principles to protect patients from surprise billing.

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Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan venture wants to redesign health insurance

More details about the still-unnamed healthcare joint venture between Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase have come out during the ongoing court case over the hiring of a former UnitedHealth Group executive. The newly unsealed documents reveal the joint venture is aiming to redesign health insurance, The Wall Street Journal reported.