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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Labor costs a growing problem for CFOs

Labor shortages are challenging hospitals executives to lower labor costs—and the problem is worse today than it was last year, according to a survey of CFOs.

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Replication still a concern in social sciences, but research points toward improvements

The replication crisis has been an elephant in the room for social scientists for the last few years—with many influential, bedrock studies appearing to be less rigorous than initially accepted. Some expected as many as two of every three studies couldn’t be replicated. While the social sciences are a bit adjacent to those in medicine, the implications of the latest research may help all fields improve best practices in designing and executing clinical studies.

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Reproducibility still a concern in social sciences—but experts remain focused on improvements

A study published Aug. 27 in Nature Human Behaviour showed that scientists are skilled in detected questionable and/or unreliable results.

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RACC accepting nominations for its public commissioner

The Radiology Administration Certification Commission (RACC) is now accepting nominations for its public commissioner position, which will be a three-year term and a maximum of two terms.

Use of coronary CT angiography increases among radiologists

Despite declining use of coronary CT angiographies (CCTA), the amount performed by radiologists has increased since 2013, according to new research published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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Limiting oral contrast administration could bring big savings to EDs

Emergency departments (EDs) could see significant cost savings by eliminating oral contrast administration for most patients presenting with nontraumatic abdominal pain, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

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CT angiography for patients with chest pain reduces mortality, heart attacks

A new study suggests coronary CT angiography (CTA), in addition to standard care in patients with stable chest pain, lowers death rates from coronary heart disease (CHD) or nonfatal myocardial (MI) infarction at five years, compared to standard care alone.

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Institutional policy change cut annual oral contrast costs by 52%

Administrating oral contrasts to patients with nontraumatic abdominal pain in the emergency department (ED) amounted to more than $85,000 annually, according to authors of a single-institution study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.