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 Will the Generalist Survive?

Given radiology’s development into a subspecialist-rewarding profession, is there pressure on radiology residents to choose a subspecialty or two and, in turn, aim to make generalized practice a side job? Should even established rads concentrate on one area as a way to remain relevant?

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Congress wants more info on proposed HHS patient data access rule

Congress is seeking more information from a proposed rule from HHS that would allow third-party vendors to have access to patient data in order for consumers to view and access their own personal health information.

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Vaping THC produces a pattern of ground glass opacities

Acute pulmonary injuries caused by vaped cannabinoid oils seem to have a predictable radiographic pattern on chest CT. 

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Trump will hold meeting on vaping

President Trump plans to hold a meeting with officials from the e-cigarette industry and medical field amid an epidemic of vaping-related illnesses and deaths, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Genesis Therapeutics raises $4.1M to ramp up drug development

Genesis Therapeutics, a San Francisco-based biotech company focused on AI technology, announced it has raised $4.1 million in seed funding.

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Reducing patients’ stress when wearing masks for head and neck cancer screenings: 3 tips

Requiring head and neck cancer patients to wear masks during treatment can cause significant anxiety, which can also spread to radiology staffers taking part in treatment. 

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Patient outcomes are similar across hospital profiles

Patient outcomes don’t differ significantly across high- or low-cost hospitals, according to a study from Harvard and Yale researchers published in JAMA Network Open.

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Turning Good Ideas Into Outstanding Advancements: Winners of the 2019 Imaging Innovation Awards

Sponsored by Intelerad

This year’s competition brought out the best in a strong field. All entrants developed notably original breakthroughs in various aspects of medical imaging. And the winners never lost sight of the ultimate point of all the extra effort: improving patient care while increasing efficiencies and, wherever possible, cutting or at least containing costs. Now meet the best of the best.