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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How helpful is MRI for diagnosing a concussion?

As the Super Bowl approaches, the NFL has announced concussions are down nearly 24 percent over the past season. This led a University of Calgary researcher to reexamine the role of medical imaging in such brain injuries.

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CHI and Dignity complete merger, renamed CommonSpirit

Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health have completed their merger, launching a new nonprofit Catholic health system, CommonSpirit Health. The deal brings together two of the nation’s largest Catholic healthcare systems.

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Radiologists receive frequent criticism because their role is widely misunderstood

In a recent opinion piece published online in the Toronto Star, Ontario-based diagnostic radiologist Andrew Chung, MD, wrote that radiologists have been a frequent target of criticism recently because their role is misunderstood by the media, the public and even their fellow colleagues.

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HCA completes $1.5B acquisition of Mission Health

Nashville-based HCA Healthcare completed its purchase of Mission Health for approximately $1.5 billion.

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Sutter Health hires first-ever population health officer

Sutter Health, a not-for-profit health system based in California, has hired its first chief population health officer, Christopher Stanley, MD, MBA.

M*Modal’s AI platform recognized for 'impact on healthcare'

M*Modal announced its conversational AI platform earned distinction for “delivering the broadest clinical, financial and operational impact on healthcare organizations” as part of the Best in KLAS: Software and Services report.

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ER doctors subpoenaed for incorrectly ordering imaging exams 

Emergency room (ER) doctors at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence have been delivered subpoenas charging them with medical misconduct for incorrectly ordering imaging examinations, according to an article published Jan. 30 by Politico.

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Mystery solved: New imaging technique a game-changer for pancreatic cancer treatment

A new 3D imaging technique has provided researchers with insight into how pancreatic cancers start and grow, according to findings published in Nature