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.

Moral distress in physicians: New study measures prevalence, offers interventions
Almost two in five physicians suffered moral distress in the two weeks leading up to their being asked about it by researchers. That was a markedly larger slice than the team observed in the general U.S. working population.
Department of energy partners to bolster domestic radioisotope supply
Gadolinium-153, or Gd-153, is routinely used to calibrate nuclear imaging equipment. It has been in short supply since 2023 when global distribution of the radioisotope came to a halt.
Ransomware attack on UMMC causes 20% drop in revenue due to delayed patient care
The report on the financials comes from Mississippi Today. University of Mississippi Medical Center said it’s still processing paper backups and has extended clinic hours to address the backlog of elective surgeries and bring revenue back up to expectations. The attack happened in February and caused non-emergency operations at the health system to shut down for nine days.
Novartis sued for allegedly leaking data on breast cancer patient to Google, Contentsquare
In a lawsuit seeking class action status, a woman identified as “P.M.” said she began using the website for Kisqali, a Novartis breast cancer treatment, in late 2024 shortly after being issued a prescription. Unbeknownst to her, sensitive data she shared when seeking a discount may have been shared with advertisers.
Cardiologist makes history with first commercial implant of new pacing lead for LBBAP
The first FDA-approved pacing lead specifically developed for LBBAP is now being implanted throughout the United States.

States that approved Medicaid expansion see fewer uninsured CVD hospitalizations

A JAMA analysis of more than three million non-Medicaid hospitalizations has found states that opted to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act years ago are now seeing lower rates of uninsured hospitalizations for major heart events.

Australian hospital outsourcing all CT exams due to staffing mishap

Canberra Hospital in Canberra, Australia, was forced to outsource all inpatient CT exams to an external provider for a full week due to “an unplanned leave” within the radiology department

5 factors in becoming a more persuasive radiologist

Nupur Verma, MD, with the radiology department at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and two colleagues explored how a radiologist can become more persuasive in an Aug. 23 commentary in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

University of Chicago, Humana partner to serve MA members

Health insurance and services provider Humana has teamed up with the University of Chicago Medicine in a value-based agreement to offer coordinated, patient-centered care to Humana’s Medicare Advantage (MA) members.

Lung cancer screening using Lung-RADS reduces false-positive rate in a diverse, underserved setting

When the American College of Radiology (ACR) published the Lung CT Screening Reporting and Data System (Lung-RADS) in 2014, one of its goals was producing a lower false-positive rate than the 23.3 percent reported by the National Cancer Institute’s National Lung Screening Trial (NLST).

Walgreens, CVS emphasize personal value as Amazon threat looms

Feeling the pressure from the ever-growing presence of Amazon in the healthcare space, CVS Health and Walgreens are emphasizing their abilities to connect with patients face to face, Forbes reported.

Cigna deal with Express Scripts approved by shareholders

Shareholders of Cigna have approved a $67 billion acquisition of Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager.

‘Doctors do just fine’: Critics respond to NYU’s free med school plan

“As I start rank ordering the various charities I want to give to, the people who can pay for medical school in cash aren’t at the top of my list,” Craig Garthwaite, PhD, a health economist at Northwestern University, told Kaiser Health News.

Management

Moral distress in physicians: New study measures prevalence, offers interventions

Department of energy partners to bolster domestic radioisotope supply

Ransomware attack on UMMC causes 20% drop in revenue due to delayed patient care

Novartis sued for allegedly leaking data on breast cancer patient to Google, Contentsquare

Cardiologist makes history with first commercial implant of new pacing lead for LBBAP