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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New York radiology group purchases van to deliver on-the-go mammography

Windsong Radiology Group, a Williamsville, New York-based radiology practice, has rolled out a new Mobile Mammography Unit to help increase the number of women receiving mammograms.

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‘Egg-and-banana sign’ proves a novel CT marker for pulmonary hypertension

A novel CT marker known as the “egg-and-banana sign” is aiding in the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension (PH), an infamously hard-to-detect condition that affects hundreds of thousands of U.S. patients each year.

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Democrat senator’s report calls tax law ‘bonanza’ for healthcare

Some of the largest healthcare companies, including for-profit hospital chains, insurers and pharmaceuticals, will pay a combined $10 billion less in taxes for 2018 thanks to the corporate tax cuts passed by Republicans and signed into law by President Donald Trump, according to a report published by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon.

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Nicholas Theodore named chairman of NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee

The National Football League (NFL) has named Nicholas Theodore, MD, Donlin M. Long Professor of Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, the chairman of its NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee.

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Ohio system invests $10M for IBM Watson PACS upgrade

Cincinnati-based TriHealth announced a $10 million investment to adopt IBM Watson’s Health Enterprise Imaging Portfolio, reports the Cincinnati Business Courier.

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Early MRI referrals not cost-effective in patients with knee pain

A group of Dutch researchers found a general practitioner’s MRI referral for patients with traumatic knee symptoms led to increased healthcare costs without any improvement in outcomes, according to a study published in Radiology.

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Wisconsin hospital raises $4M to improve breast care

Thanks to contributions from more than 400 donors and support from the Ascension Wisconsin health system, Ascension St. Michael’s Hospital in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, will be opening a new Breast Care Center later this year.

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Joint Commission wants increased focus on workplace violence in healthcare

The latest sentinel event alert from the Joint Commission said healthcare workers and organizations need to do better on reporting—and preventing—workplace violence, including verbal abuse that physicians and nurses too often too often dismiss as “part of the job.”