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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PBMs blame insurers for high drug prices

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)—the industry middlemen that negotiate drug prices—are passing on nearly all their savings to insurance providers, according to Terry Wilcox, co-founder and executive director of advocacy organization Patients Rising. His op-ed for The Hill placed the blame of high costs squarely on insurers.

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Dental researcher discusses uses, 'abuses' of CT scanner

Medical imaging equipment is not a toy—but that doesn’t mean scientists can’t have a little fun with MRI, CT and other modalities. David Mills, PhD, is an example of someone who balances work and play.

Online information on pediatric radiation safety hard for many readers to understand

Information about pediatric radiation safety can be found online through various medical society websites. That information, however, is written in a way that is too difficult for the average adult to understand, according to a new study from the American Journal of Roentgenology.

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Another industry group speaks out against CVS-Aetna deal

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) wrote a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions in opposition to the $69 billion merger of CVS Health and Aetna.

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Less than half of imaging-related quality improvement projects use iterative cycles

New research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology suggests less than half of quality improvement (QI) projects in radiology journals use iterative cycles to refine interventions.

Computerized medical dictation can help develop academic papers in radiology

Computerized speech recognition software has traditionally been used within the bounds of clinical radiology. But a new report in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology by Boston researchers suggests the software may also be useful in the development of academic papers in radiology.

AJR: 91% of online societal pediatric radiation safety materials difficult to understand

Some studies have found the average American adult reads at an eighth-grade level, wrote authors in a recent American Journal of Roentgenology study, but online healthcare education materials have been created without considering this.

Women leaders in radiology can gain trust, influence through emotional intelligence

In a column published online Sept. 17 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology, Cheri L. Canon, MD, with the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, said diversity in leadership can improve flexibility and allow for more dynamic solutions.