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.

Woman awarded $15M after Indiana physician misses life-threatening tumor on CT

A federal jury awarded a patient and her husband $15 million after Carmel, Indiana, physicians reportedly failed to identify a life-threatening tumor during a CT scan, the Indianapolis Business Journal has reported.

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150-pound dinosaur skull gets CT scan for upcoming museum exhibition

It’s not every day that imaging equipment is used to scan a 68-million-year-old dinosaur skull, but that’s exactly what happened at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

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Zipnosis certified by Surescripts to add medication history to virtual care platform

Zipnosis, providers of virtual care software, has been certified by Surescripts to add medication history services to its virtual care platform.

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3D mini-hearts could aid first-line testing for drugs

A company called Novoheart has created the first 3D heart organoid—a miniature version of the real thing—which contains a hollow chamber similar to one of the four in a normal human heart. According to a story published by Wired, these mini-hearts could be used to test the effects of drug treatments before expensive human trials are necessary.

How does a woman’s BMI impact her risk of premenopausal breast cancer?

A high body mass index (BMI) may be associated with a reduced risk of premenopausal breast cancer, according to new research published in JAMA Oncology.

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Jonathan R. Lindner elected president of American Society of Echocardiography

Jonathan R. Lindner, MD, was elected president of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) at the ASE’s 29th Annual Scientific Sessions in Nashville, Tennessee.

Results from cardiac bundled payments may not translate to all hospitals

Safety-net hospitals (SNHs) and smaller facilities were less likely to participate in the voluntary Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) programs for cardiac services than larger centers with catheterization laboratories. These findings indicate that the outcomes observed from these programs may not be broadly applicable.

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Pharmaceutical companies paid radiologists more than $43.6M in 2015

Pharmaceutical companies paid radiologists more than $43.6 million in 2015, according to a new study published by Academic Radiology, but do such payments negatively impact public perception?