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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3 ways to prepare for the AI takeover in healthcare

As healthcare continues to shift toward automation and AI, a new report from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program suggests a need for changes in both education and workplace culture for individuals to cope with the transition. 

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Industry support gathers for expanding MA benefits in 2020

Since CMS proposed expanding supplemental benefits for Medicare Advantage for the 2020 plan year, several industry groups have voiced their support, seeing opportunities to improve care for individuals with chronic illnesses and lower costs.

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How can radiologists help victims of intimate partner violence?

Victims of intimate partner violence undergo four times more imaging than non-victims, according to research published Feb. 5 in Radiology. What can radiologists do to help them?

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Fake pharmacist handled 700,000 prescriptions at Walgreens

An individual who signed off on or dispensed more than 745,000 prescriptions over roughly a decade at three Walgreens stores in the Bay Area was not a licensed pharmacist, The LA Times reported.

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Funding in imaging AI companies surpasses $1.2B

Companies developing imaging solutions powered by AI raised nearly $580 million in 2018, according to a report from Signify Research.

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Post-Brexit trade policies could increase CVD mortality in England

Researchers predicted 12,400 additional deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD) could occur in England between 2021 and 2030 if the United Kingdom severs preferential trading agreements with the European Union (EU) and prices of fruits and vegetables are impacted.

Online reading material about breast lesions too advanced for many adults to understand

Online patient education materials on breast lesions requiring surgery may be too advanced for the general public to understand, according to new research published in Radiology

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GT Medical Technologies raises $10M for launch of FDA-cleared radiation therapy

GT Medical Technologies (GT MedTech) has raised $10 million in Series A funding to help support the launch of GammaTile Therapy, the company’s FDA-cleared radiation treatment developed for patients with recurrent brain tumors.