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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JAMA: U.S. spends the most on healthcare—and imaging is a reason why

New research, published online March 13 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, shows that the U.S. spends twice as much on healthcare as any other high-income country in the world. Heavy utilization of imaging technology was a contributing factor.

Great Recession linked to rises in blood pressure, glucose

Turbulent economic and political eras may impact measures of citizen health, a new study found—leading some experts to wonder what will be uncovered when we collect data from President Donald Trump’s tenure.

Drug makers offer discount on PCSK9 inhibitor

As federal officials struggle to tackle exorbitant pharmaceutical prices, at least one drug’s manufacturers have pledged to slash prices of a potentially life-saving drug for its most at-risk patients.

58% of radiologists don't report brain deposition of gadolinium

A worldwide study, published in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology, revealed wide inconsistencies in reporting brain gadolinium deposition (GD) based on a lack of understanding and an effort to minimize anxiety in patients.

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Q&A: Johann Fernando on Fujifilm’s role in ‘the AI revolution’ and what the company has planned for HIMSS 2018

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

2018 has already been a year full of breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and those technologies are sure to receive a lot of attention March 5-9 at HIMSS 2018 in Las Vegas.

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Investments in imaging equipment help small Louisiana hospital make a big impact on its community

Sponsored by Hitachi Healthcare Americas

West Feliciana Hospital (WFH) has been serving patients in the small town of St. Francisville, Louisiana, since 1970, but its imaging capabilities were limited for a long time. As a result, the hospital gained a bit of a reputation among referring physicians in the area—when in doubt, they would just avoid WFH altogether and send patients more than 30 miles away to Baton Rouge.

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Q&A: Bill Lacy on why radiologist excitement is growing around Fujifilm’s AI initiative

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

Artificial intelligence (AI) was the center of attention at RSNA 2017 in Chicago, and FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. got in on the fun by unveiling its new AI development initiative from its booth at McCormick Place. Bill Lacy, FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. vice president of medical informatics, spoke to us after the show about both the history behind the initiative and its bright future.

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In Boston, a 3D power user raises the bar for pediatric imaging

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

If you put a leading-edge 3D visualization platform in the hands of a fearlessly tech-forward radiologist, don’t be surprised if some real innovation emerges. That’s one lesson to be drawn from a recent cross-subspecialty adaptation of a Fujifilm Synapse® 3D component called Sector MPR.