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.

Inefficient imaging: Providers overutilize resources when treating women with breast pain

Breast pain impacts more than half of all women and affects the quality of life of 41 percent of women. Healthcare resources are overutilized to treat these patients, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology, suggesting imaging providers should pay closer attention to recommended protocols and referring physicians may need additional education.

Medtronic Reports Fourth Quarter And Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Results

DUBLIN — May 24, 2018 — Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2018, which ended April 27.

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Memorial Hermann announces leadership changes

In a systemwide change, Brian Dean, MPH, MBA, will become the new CFO for Memorial Hermann.

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Younger women getting lung cancer more than men, but smoking habits don’t explain the difference

Lung cancer rates among white and Hispanic women born since the 1960s are on the rise, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Why these rates are climbing faster among women than men, however, remains unclear.

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Patient adherence dropped after more expensive P2Y12 inhibitors became available

Once more expensive P2Y12 inhibitors hit the U.S. market, the percentage of patients not filling prescriptions for any P2Y12 inhibitor after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) increased from 6 percent to 19 percent, researchers reported in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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What conservative groups want from another ACA repeal effort

Calling 2017’s failed efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act “one of the greatest disappointments to conservative and libertarian activists in history,” conservative groups pushed for another attempt at getting rid of the law with a series of principles they want to see enacted in place of the ACA.

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Breast cancer survivors not following recommended post-surgery mammography schedule

Breast cancer survivors are not receiving the recommended number of mammograms following surgery, according to a new study published by the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommends breast cancer survivors undergo annual mammograms to keep a close eye on potential disease recurrence.

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Smartphone apps offer interactive, on-the-go learning for millennial radiology students

Integrating mobile learning into the radiology classroom via smartphone apps could offer individualized study options while supporting a more blended learning model, a pair of researchers reported in Radiography this month.