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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MITA supports FDA’s latest efforts to protect medical devices from cyberattacks

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) has issued a statement in support of the FDA’s recent efforts to strengthen its medical device cybersecurity program.

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Alternate addiction: 1.9 million US e-cig users have never smoked cigarettes

E-cigarettes have been touted as a way to help people stop using combustible cigarettes, but a new analysis in the Annals of Internal Medicine estimates 1.9 million American adults who vape have never smoked tobacco cigarettes.

Breast cancer patients in New Zealand plan march to plea for drug funding

Patients with advanced breast cancer, along with their families and friends are planning a march on New Zealand’s Parliament to ask Pharmac, an area pharmaceutical company, to fund two drugs they say could potentially provide some relief.

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AMA says CVS-Aetna deal conditions aren’t good enough

In the wake of the Department of Justice clearing the path for CVS Health to merge with Aetna in a $69 billion deal, the American Medical Association still doesn’t think the conditions mandated by the Justice Department go far enough to quell anticompetition fears.

Costs of incidental pancreatic cysts rise when physician, radiologist not on same page

When ordering physicians overmanage an incidental pancreatic cyst detected at MRI, it can lead to higher downstream costs, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. What can radiologists do to improve adherence to their recommendations?

Downstream cost of incidental pancreatic cysts on MRI average $460 per finding

Researchers estimated the average downstream cost of incidental pancreatic cysts identified on MRI at $460 per finding, according to an Oct. 9 study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. It may suggest a need for targeted efforts to promote greater guideline adherence.

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ACR announces formation of Population Health Management Committee

The American College of Radiology (ACR) Commission on Patient- and Family-Centered Care (CPFCC) has announced the creation of the Population Health Management (PHM) Committee, which will “ensure that the value to high-quality radiologic and radiation oncological care is recognized as a key component in improving the overall health of populations.”

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Male nurses make more than female counterparts

Women dominate the nursing space, with a female-to-male ratio of five to one, but female nurses make less on average than their male counterparts, according to a recent survey from Medscape.