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.

Physicians personally linked to cancer 18% more likely to recommend additional screening

Physicians who have a personal connection to cancer are nearly 18 percent more likely to act against established guidelines and recommend cancer screening for low-risk patients, specifically ovarian cancer screening in women, according to the Journal of Women’s Health.  

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Primary care group raises $350M

One Medical Group, a primary care group with offices in San Francisco, New York, Seattle and other cities, has closed a $350 million investment from the Carlyle Group, a private equity group based in Washington, D.C., TechCrunch reported.

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Medicare could save nearly $1B by buying generics over brand names

Medicare could be saving a lot of cash by switching to generic constituents for some drugs—maybe as much as a billion dollars.
A recent study estimated spending in 2016 on 29 brand-name combination products would have been $925 million more than spending for generic counterparts.

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Should patients undergo screening mammography after autologous breast reconstruction?

Screening mammography is a reasonable surveillance tool for breast cancer patients treated with mastectomy and breast reconstruction with autologous myocutaneous flaps (AMFs), according to new research published in Radiology. Mammography provides little additional value, however, if the patient had reconstruction after a prophylactic mastectomy.

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Morgan Stanley: 20% of hospitals at risk of closure

Nearly 20 percent of U.S. hospitals are at risk of potential closure or are in weak shape, according to a recent report from Morgan Stanley.

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$85M approved for healthcare studies

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors, an independent nonprofit organization authorized by Congress, has approved $85 million for 16 new studies to improve care and outcomes for several conditions.

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Irish radiologist misreads CT, misses tumor of patient who died 2 weeks later

A locum radiologist working at Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar, Ireland, reportedly failed to read an elderly woman’s CT correctly upon her admission in September 2017, missing a rectal tumor that killed her two weeks later, the Mayo News reported this week.

Study: Cost-effectiveness of cardiovascular drugs varies widely

The publicly available prices of 30 frequently prescribed cardiovascular drugs don’t necessarily correlate to clinical value, according to a new study. Some drugs were both cheaper and more effective than alternatives, while others were more expensive and associated with poorer outcomes.