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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Radiologist hopes to win $100K research grant for work on intimate partner violence

A research team led by Bharti Khurana, MD, of the department of radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, is working to create a program that can identify signs of intimate partner violence (IPV) in imaging results.

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Sen. Duckworth leads veterans roundtable to discuss radiology care at VA

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) and Democratic congressional candidate Brendan Kelly held a roundtable event at the American Legion with veterans across southern Illinois. Earlier this year, there were reports of misread radiology scans that were uncovered at the facility.

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What is moral injury in radiology and how can employees, managers help?

Nicole Dhanraj, PhD, chief of radiology at the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority in Tamuning, Guam recently discussed what moral injury is in radiology and how leadership and department employees can help this underrated issue, in an online session for the AHRA 2018 Virtual Fall Conference.

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New lactation policy helps radiology residents feel less anxious on the job

A new case study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology detailed how one radiology department developed a policy in support of radiology residents who are breastfeeding mothers, which led to decreased anxiety and less time away from daily work.

Tech company files patent for AI software that makes gadolinium-free imaging possible

IQ-AI, the healthcare technology and software holding company formerly known as Flying Brands, announced it has filed a patent for MR imaging that does not use gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs).

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US Senator Duckworth, veterans meet over Illinois VA involved in radiology misreads

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth and congressional candidate Brendan Kelly joined dozens of veterans in Marion, Illinois, on Tuesday for a roundtable to discuss ongoing concerns raised by radiologists at the Marion VA Medical Center, ABC 3 reported.

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Maine health systems to combine into $3B entity

The hospital and other healthcare provider members of MaineHealth in Portland, Maine, will combine into one nonprofit entity beginning Jan. 1.

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3 areas radiology residency programs can focus on to meet new ACGME requirements

When the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) updated its Common Program Requirements to focus more on patient safety, quality, supervision, accountability and fatigue mitigation, it left residency programs with a significant number of changes to consider.