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.

FDA warns that certain coronary imaging catheters are being removed from market over safety concerns
A catheter sheath detached during use and was left in the patient’s body. It was successfully removed, but the FDA said it is now evaluating the potential risk to others going forward. There is no official recall at this time.
Family of heart patient who died awarded $45M after suing health system for negligence
The 55-year-old patient woke up experiencing chest pain one morning and an ambulance was called. He was dead just a few hours later. His family's lawsuit argued that delays in care, communication errors and other issues were directly responsible for his death.
FDA clears new cold cathode tomosynthesis system
Cold cathode tubes make for smaller systems that are lighter in weight and require less energy to operate, also resulting in decreased costs.
Half of cancer patients ignorant about imaging, and it’s causing them depression, anxiety and stress
Such “scanxiety” can have a detrimental effect on exam quality, delay care and necessitate additional imaging, experts write in the Journal of Radiology Nursing.
ChatGPT effective at simplifying breast imaging recall letters
Emory University radiologists recently sought to improve the readability of their recall messages, asking the large language model for help.

CDI-Insight Merger Promises Bigger Presence, Bigger Opportunities

With leverage provided by a private financier, the Center for Diagnostic Imaging of Minneapolis, MN will merge with Insight Imaging of Lake Forest, CA, forming an imaging chain that extends through half the country.

Intelerad Announces Tomosynthesis support in IntelePACS

Intelerad Medical Systems announced at SIIM 2012 the support for Tomosynthesis in the IntelePACS Breast Imaging module.

RadNet's Begins Rollout of eRAD's Meaningful Use-Ready Solution For Its Imaging Centers

RadNet, Inc., a provider for a network of 232 owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, reported in a press release that it has successfully implemented a Meaningful Use-ready workflow solution suite from eRAD, Inc (a wholly owned subsidiary of RadNet), in the first step to roll out the technology across all its centers.

Peake Demos its Open-Source Cloud Solutions for Image Sharing

Peake Healthcare Innovations is demonstrating their cloud-based Image Management as a Service (IMaaS) at SIIM 2012. The PeakeSecure portfolio powers a medical image-sharing platform that includes a mix of services from image management and disaster recovery to advanced 3D visualization and cross-enterprise image exchange and workflow.

Agfa, Dell Partner for Cloud-Based Image Management System

Agfa HealthCare, vendor of the Imaging Clinical Information System (ICIS) platform, announced today an agreement with Dell for the hosting of its distributed EMR image-management software; in turn, Agfa will offer ICIS as well as the Dell Cloud Clinical Archive Portfolio.

House Passes H.R. 436, Fight Expected in Senate over Medical Device Tax Repeal

By a vote of 270-146 today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 436, the Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2011, which would repeal a 2.3 percent tax on the sale and importation of medical devices in the United States.

Lancet Study Shows Cancer Risk Increases After Childhood CT Studies

In a joint study of the long-term health outcomes of pediatric cancer patients dating back as far as 1985, radiation from diagnostic imaging scans nearly tripled children’s risks for leukemia and brain tumors, according to a study published in The Lancet.

United Healthcare Rolls Out New Patient Price Calculator, Expectations

Patient price-shopping has driven headlines throughout 2012, and today, United Healthcare contributed to the conversation with the roll-out of its digital procedure cost estimator.

Management

FDA warns that certain coronary imaging catheters are being removed from market over safety concerns

Family of heart patient who died awarded $45M after suing health system for negligence

FDA clears new cold cathode tomosynthesis system

Half of cancer patients ignorant about imaging, and it’s causing them depression, anxiety and stress

ChatGPT effective at simplifying breast imaging recall letters