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.

Families with ACA subsidies 25% less likely to miss rent, mortgage payments

Families with subsidized health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may experience indirect financial benefits that go beyond health costs—to housing, according to new research published in the Journal of Public Economics. 

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Hospitals are driving up healthcare costs

The growth in hospital prices is driving up healthcare costs for private insurance more than the rise in physician prices, according to a recent study in Health Affairs.

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Academic pediatric facilities deliver lowest CT radiation doses to young patients

Academic pediatric facilities expose pediatric patients to lower CT radiation doses than nonacademic pediatric facilities and all adult facilities, according to a new study published in Radiology.

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Healthcare takeaways from Trump’s State of the Union speech

President Trump’s second annual State of the Union speech was held on Feb. 5, during which the president touched on many subjects, including several healthcare goals and changes. 

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AI-powered image analysis ranked 2019’s top digital health technology

According to a new ranking from Forbes, AI and its ability to help radiologists streamline image analysis represents the No. 1 digital health technology of 2019.

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Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan health venture names a CTO

Serkan Kutan has been appointed chief technology officer to the healthcare joint venture between Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co. The venture, still unnamed, was formed at the start of 2018.

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Better CVD prevention spurred spending dip for Medicare patients

Spending growth per Medicare beneficiary has slowed considerably since 2005, and 56 percent of that decline can be linked to reduced spending on cardiovascular disease and related risk factors, researchers reported Feb. 4 in Health Affairs.

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Specialists still seeking the best way to measure performance in diagnostic radiology

Effectively and accurately measuring the performance of diagnostic radiologists has been a significant challenge for many years now, a puzzle that specialists within the industry have yet to solve.