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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GE Healthcare launches Invenia ABUS 2.0 in US

GE Healthcare has officially launched the Invenia Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) 2.0 in the United States after installing the equipment in other parts of the world since 2014.

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Politico: High cost of healthcare travels over party lines

As the country's strong partisan divides become more apparent with an approaching midterm election, struggles related to the cost and accessibility of healthcare services are one top issue that both Republicans and Democrats currently agree on.

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Beverly G. Coleman receives SRU Distinguished Service Award

Beverly G. Coleman, MD, a radiologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), is the 2018 recipient of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) Distinguished Service Award.

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Unenhanced CT a wise first choice when treating adult patients with new-onset seizure

Unenhanced CT should be the first imaging examination performed when patients present with new-onset seizure, according to a new analysis published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. It can help specialists exclude conditions that would require urgent or emergent intervention.

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GE Healthcare, SORK pledge to help train technologists in Africa

GE Healthcare and the Society of Radiography in Kenya (SORK) pledged to train a minimum of 140 technologists as part of a partnership focused on improving overall efficiency. The partnership will “build on efforts to achieve universal healthcare through capacity building.”

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Cardiologist invests $60M in future of sirolimus-coated balloons

Indian-American cardiologist and serial entrepreneur Kiran Patel announced he’s investing $60 million in Concept Medical Inc., a company looking to test its novel sirolimus-coated balloon.

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KKR completes $9.9B purchase of Envision

Private equity firm KKR has completed its acquisition of Envision Healthcare Corporation for a deal valued at $9.9 billion. The deal was previously announced in June.

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Sen. Grassley asks for FTC investigation over secret hospital-insurer contracts

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate contracts between hospital systems and health insurers following a report from The Wall Street Journal that these secret contracts prevent savings by limiting competition and even increasing costs to consumers.