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.

103K Medicare beneficiaries issued new IDs after ‘data incident’ at CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said “malicious actors” created fake accounts for Medicare beneficiaries through the agency’s patient portal, using stolen data from an unknown source. The incident is being investigated.
Philips and Medtronic extend 30 year patient monitoring partnership
The two companies will continue combining components to make patient monitoring systems, under the new terms of the expanded deal that includes a "pledge program" to improve quality.
FDA announces recall of Baxter infusion pumps with mismatched software
Spectrum V8 and V6 infusion pumps may have accidentally had their software switched, which could result in underinfusion or a fluid overload. While no injuries have been reported, for safety the affected pumps need to be removed from where they are used and sold.
Medtronic’s new ECMO system receives a key approval
According to Medtronic, its VitalFlow ECMO system was designed and developed with the user experience in mind.
New guidelines help interventional cardiologists manage chronic venous disease
"These recommendations will help ensure that patient care remains both consistent and personalized," SCAI President Srihari S. Naidu, MD, explained.

Getting better with age: Older surgeons have lower patient mortality rates

The older a surgeon gets, the lower the patient mortality rate, with female surgeons in their 50s having the lowest rates overall, according to research led by Yusuke Tsugawa, MD, MPH, PhD, assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Order entry workflow could be a prime target for automation

Radiologists or technologists who manually select protocols for commonly ordered exams rarely add value, making protocol selection a prime target for workflow automation, according to recent research.

Hospitals largely supportive of 2019 IPPS proposed rule

Fewer quality measures, a shorter reporting period for Meaningful Use requirements and an increase in uncompensated rate payments were all positives in the eyes of hospitals in their initial reaction to the proposed 2019 Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) rule.

Mind matters: 8 ethical questions about experimenting with human brain tissue

Lab-created consciousness, especially resulting from testing human brain tissue, sounds like the plot for the newest binge-worthy TV show, but it’s a matter worth consideration from an ethical perspective, according to some experts. A group of 17 researchers examined issues that may arise as scientists get closer to replicating human brain functions.

mHealth app for clinical decision support improves diagnosis time, test ordering

Mobile health (mHealth) applications for clinical decision support could improve physicians' test ordering and diagnosis decisions, according to a study published April 20 in the Journal of Informatics in Health and Biomedicine.

Penn scientists explain utility of PARP-1 in treating ovarian cancer

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a novel biomarker—as well as a way to image that biomarker non-invasively—for PARP inhibitors in women with ovarian cancer.

FDA's Gottlieb: AI-based imaging device submissions expected to increase in coming years

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, said his administration is working on an updated “new regulatory framework” to promote the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, and he expects medical imaging to be at the forefront of AI-based healthcare devices, according to a report published by The Hill.

False-positive cancer results push patients to keep up with annual screenings

False-positive results from a breast or prostate cancer exam could be driving affected men and women to adhere to clinical testing guidelines, researchers wrote in a Cancer study—though a handful of false-positive patients are actually deterred from future screenings.

Management

103K Medicare beneficiaries issued new IDs after ‘data incident’ at CMS

Philips and Medtronic extend 30 year patient monitoring partnership

FDA announces recall of Baxter infusion pumps with mismatched software

Medtronic’s new ECMO system receives a key approval

New guidelines help interventional cardiologists manage chronic venous disease