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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People with patient portal experience less willing to wait for imaging results

In an increasingly technology-driven world, more hospitals are introducing patient portal systems. But when it comes to delivering imaging results to patients, instant access isn’t always best, wrote authors of a new study published in Radiology.

Highly-reimbursed cardiologists receive greatest Medicare payments from imaging

Non-radiologist performed imaging payments comprised substantial proportions of overall Medicare reimbursement for highly-reimbursed physicians in cardiology, vascular surgery and orthopedic surgery, according to research published online Nov. 2 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

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Misread CT scan at the center of $10M lawsuit against U.S. government

Richard Stayskal, a Green Beret from North Carolina and Purple Heart recipient, sued the federal government for $10 million after a CT scan was misread, or perhaps not read at all—resulting in him developing stage four terminal lung cancer, according to reporting from WJZY-TV in Tampa.

Medicaid work requirements in Arkansas jeopardize millions in funding

Hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding may be in jeopardy as a result of Arkansas' Medicaid work requirement program, according to a recent analysis from the Commonwealth Fund.

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‘MERFISH’ method identifies thousands of unique RNAs in 10 rounds of imaging

Harvard researchers have developed a “cellular atlas” of the brain using a novel fluorescence imaging technique known as multiplexed error-robust fluorescence in-situ hybridization, or MERFISH, the Harvard Gazette reported early this month.

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RSNA 2018 symposia on high resolution, liver assessment imaging

Canon Medical Systems USA announced a collaboration with Applied Radiology to support two international expert-led symposiums that will discuss innovation within high resolution imaging and imaging techniques for liver assessment at the 2018 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting.

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5 ways the FDA promises to regulate AI-related medical devices

As AI-related medical devices continue to saturate the healthcare market, regulatory agencies like the FDA are struggling to keep up with a new category of technology.

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Siemens’ mobile, 3D C-arm receives FDA clearance

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared Siemens Healthineers’ Cios Spin, a mobile C-arm that enables surgeons to perform intraoperative corrections based on 3D images, Siemens announced this week.