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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Private insurance price growth outpaces Medicare and Medicaid

Medicare and Medicaid prices have grown at a slower pace than the private market, according to an analysis from the Urban Institute.

Upping physicians' pay-for-performance bonuses tied to better care

Increasing physicians’ bonus sizes was linked to significantly improved quality of care for their patients, according to a study from a single health system published Feb. 8 in JAMA Network Open. However, adding the behavioral economic principles of social pressure and loss aversion failed to further improve providers’ effectiveness.

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Why a pediatric radiology department made the move to dual-energy head CT scanning

When imaging pediatric patients, dual-energy head CT decreased radiation dosage, reduced artifacts and maintained a high-quality image compared to conventional head CT protocols, reported authors of a Feb. 7 study published in Clinical Imaging.

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Imaging agent could improve breast cancer treatment by measuring changes in PR levels

PET imaging with 18F-fluorofuranylnorprogesterone (18F-FFNP) could help specialists treat patients with estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer, according to a new study published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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Some Irish teens’ heart health comparable to that of 60-year-olds

Research gathered as part of Irish Life Health’s annual fitness challenge has revealed the cardiovascular health of some local 15-year-olds is comparable to that of 55- or 60-year-olds—something experts are attributing to low levels of physical activity among the country’s youth.

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Report: Imaging jobs top those paying $55K minimum, 2-year degree requirement

A new report from CNBC analyzed data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics which identified the top 11 in-demand jobs paying workers an annual salary of more than $55,000 and requiring only an associate’s degree. Of the 11 jobs identified, more than half are in medical imaging and radiology. 

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Mammography, improved breast cancer care saved as many as 614K lives in US since 1989

Mammography and advances in breast cancer treatment have saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of women in the United States over the last three decades, according to new research published by Cancer.

Erlanger, radiology group reach agreement after contract dispute

Tennessee Interventional Imaging Associates (TIAA) reached an agreement with Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Erlanger Health System to remain its radiology service provider, according to the Times Free Press. The parties had previously been in a contract dispute that threatened the hospital’s premier stroke program.