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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FDA proposes updated guidance for medical device cybersecurity protection

A new proposal released Oct. 18 by the FDA to strengthen cybersecurity protection for medical devices, including medical imaging equipment, will supersede a guidance originally issued in 2014.

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College apologizes after using inappropriate language to promote breast cancer awareness

Healthcare providers are always working to improve patient awareness and engagement when it comes to breast cancer screening—but raunchy emails don’t appear to be the answer.

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Physicians ordering low-value screening tests: What can be done?

Primary care physicians who order a large number of one low-value screening test tend to order large numbers of other low-value screening tests as well, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open. The authors suggested that high-intensity interventions focused on these physicians may be one way to reduce such low-value care going forward.

ACA has helped healthcare stocks boom

The Affordable Care Act has helped launch healthcare stocks into the stratosphere over the last eight years, contrary to what some critics of the healthcare law believed would happen.

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Is imaging helping or hurting part-time physician employment?

A 2018 annual survey by MedAxiom has revealed that the number of part-time cardiologists is declining despite the assumption that health systems are doing enough to employ and keep competent physicians, according to a report published Oct. 16 by Cardiovascular Business.

Gender disparity: Women underrepresented in radiology journal editorial boards

There is a gender gap in the editorial boards of radiology journals, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Kinetic imaging provides better image quality than digital subtraction angiography

Kinetic imaging provides specialists with better overall image quality than digital subtraction angiography (DSA), according to new research published in Radiology.

New Medicare Advantage plan launches with $300M in funding

Devoted Health, a new Medicare Advantage plan, has officially launched after securing $300 million in a Series B funding round, the company announced.