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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Colorado Springs Radiologists: Invest in IT now, or lose your referrers later

Sponsored by FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas

Right now, just about anyone with a large enough line of credit can purchase a new, state-of-the-art MR or CT scanner. Going forward, what will separate the highly successful radiology practices from those muddling through—or hanging on for dear life—is not impressive equipment.

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3-D heart imaging shown to be ‘keeping its PROMISE’

Doctors ordering exams on patients who show signs of heart disease really can’t go wrong if they choose high-tech computed tomographic angiography (CTA) over time-honored stress testing. 

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What the heck, tech? Consumer campaign kicks off to educate rad patients

It’s 2015. Do you know where your radiologist is? Most patients don’t. Nor do they know what radiologists do, exactly, or why it should matter. 

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Pediatric radiologists launch first hospital channel on ‘Instagram for doctors’

Radiologists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital have blazed a new trail in social media, making their workplace the first hospital to have its own channel via an image-sharing app unofficially dubbed “Instagram for doctors.”

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Patients enjoy spiffy surroundings but care most about care: Johns Hopkins

Hospital patients appreciate it when facilities have been prettied up for eye appeal and ambience. However, when they feel dissatisfied with the care they receive, even the nicest amenities won’t sway their overall opinion of the place. 

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Thanks to interventional radiology, migraines may have met their match

Nearly 20% of American adults suffer with chronic daily migraines and turn to various pills as their first line of relief. A new, minimally invasive treatment designed and tested by interventional radiologists may offer an effective alternative with zero side effects. 

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Hunting an elephant

“A story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events, the vaguer it becomes,” George Orwell wrote in Shooting an Elephant. The elephant hunt begins this week as the debate over the language used in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) takes center stage in the US Supreme Court.

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CMS extends attestation deadline

On February 25, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an extension to the attestation deadline for Medicare EHR Incentive Program reporting periods that occurred in calendar year (CY) 2014.