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.

Video of Laxmi Mehta, MD, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, explaining the causes of cardiologist burnout and possible solutions. She spoke on this topic at AHA 2024.

How to address cardiologist burnout

Laxmi Mehta, MD, detailed several ways she and her colleagues at The Ohio State University are working to combat the rising levels of burnout among cardiologists.

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation has shared new one-year data on the safety and effectiveness of its Evoque transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) system among patients with tricuspid regurgitation (TR)

CMS approves Medicare coverage for transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement

CMS will cover TTVR for the treatment of symptomatic tricuspid regurgitation on a national level. The agency first proposed such a policy in December, taking time to consider public comments before finalizing its decision.

FDA approves new prostate cancer imaging agent with extended shelf life

The new product from Telix paves the way for increased access at clinics where prostate PET may not have been available in the past.

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Safety update: FDA announces Class I recall due to atherectomy devices breaking during use

The FDA shared a warning about these safety issues in February, but said it was still reviewing the evidence. The agency is now saying the devices “may cause serious injury or death” if used without following the updated instructions for use.

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Radiology groups urge prominent medical journal to retract ‘flawed’ research on interventional procedures

Over 30 medical societies recently wrote a response to the BMJ, criticizing a meta-analysis on IR treatments for chronic spine pain. 

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Establishing a standalone interventional radiology department: Finances and other key factors

The University of Miami believes it has established the first completely independent IR department in the country, which is thriving years after creation. 

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Radiology artificial intelligence firm Brainomix raises $18M, expands in US

The company specializes in software focused on stroke and lung fibrosis, with its solutions deployed at over 300 hospitals and impacting 1.5 million patients. 

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Strategic Radiology grows to over 2,000 physicians, adding state’s largest imaging group

Founded over 60 years ago, New Jersey-based University Radiology, employs 180-plus board-certified rads handling 2.1 million exams annually.