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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What pharma fears about Trump’s upcoming speech on drug prices

President Donald Trump will deliver a speech on April 26 focused on ways to lower prescription drug prices, but the pharmaceutical industry doesn’t expect it to include the more dramatic reforms Trump espoused on the campaign trail.

Why the ABR’s shift to standardized testing is bad for radiology

The American Board of Radiology (ABR) made significant changes to its certification program for diagnostic radiologists in recent years, removing the oral component of the exam and relying on a standardized format with multiple-choice questions. This shift toward psychometric testing has made the certification program less reliable, according to a new analysis published by the Journal of the American College of Radiology, and the ABR should consider working with various stakeholders and education experts to change it.

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Amazon won’t sell drugs to hospitals, but may still compete with pharma in other ways

Amazon has reportedly shelved plans to sell and distribute pharmaceuticals to hospitals and health systems through its Amazon Business unit, a move which analysts said illustrates the difficulty outside companies face in disrupting the existing healthcare supply chain.

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ACR celebrates 10-year anniversary of National Radiology Data Registry

The American College of Radiology (ACR) announced this week it is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its National Radiology Data Registry (NRDR).

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Current screening criteria may miss 50% of diabetic, prediabetic patients

A study published April 12 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found that screening patients for diabetes based on only age and weight could be missing more than half of high-risk patients.

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Diagnostic imaging utilization in Massachusetts: 3 key trends

A team of researchers examined diagnostic imaging utilization trends in Massachusetts from 2009 to 2013 for a recent study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

In a world where half of medical tweets are inaccurate, could Twitter be radiology’s saving grace?

Twitter holds the potential to disseminate bite-sized snippets of medical information to a diverse audience with little effort, but radiologists aren’t using the micro-blogging platform to its full capacity, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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NC hospital reviewing 9,200 cases after lab mistakes wrongly diagnosed cancer

After at least 10 patients received improper diagnoses owed to pathology lab errors, Winston Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has been reviewing 9,291 cases ahead of a June deadline set by CMS that could strip its Medicare certification.