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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RSNA 2018: President’s address to focus on AI, advancing tech in radiology

Vijay M. Rao, MD, the current president of the Radiological Society of North America, will deliver RSNA 18’s opening address with a salute to technology and the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), the organization announced this week.

What can radiology learn from the hotel industry? A lot, apparently

Brian King, global officer with Marriot International, has seen technology disrupt the hotel industry over the last quarter-century, he wrote in the Journal of the American College of Radiology—and he believes radiologists can learn a few lessons from the shift.

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Carestream Health names David Westgate new chairman, president and CEO

Carestream Health announced Thursday, July 19, that David C. Westgate has been named the company’s new chairman, president and CEO.

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Carestream Health names David Westgate new chairman, president and CEO

Carestream Health announced Thursday, July 19, that David C. Westgate has been named the company’s new chairman, president and CEO.

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Virtual morning rounds encourage collaboration between radiologists, other providers

An immersive video conference between radiologists and ICU clinicians could facilitate relationships between doctors who haven’t been connected for a decade and boost quality of care in both departments, a group of Philadelphia physicians reported this summer in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. 

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The Journal of Nuclear Medicine’s impact factor increased 12% from 2016 to 2017

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) announced this week that the impact factor of its flagship publication, The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM), increased by 12 percent in 2017.

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Amid revenue growth, UnitedHealth considers acquiring $2B Tenet subsidiary

UnitedHealth Group is exploring an acquisition of Tenet Healthcare’s healthcare management subsidiary, Conifer Health Solutions, according to the The Wall Street Journal.

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New blood test can diagnose melanomas with 79% accuracy

A group of Australian researchers have developed a blood test that can accurately detect melanoma with 79 percent accuracy in its earliest stages. Results of their study were published on July 17 in Onocotarget.