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.

RSS icon
radiologist radiology pay compensation money dollar

‘Modern hospital systems have never dealt with the type of leverage that radiologists currently wield’

That's according to an essay published by an anonymous physician on KevinMD.com, which generated recent buzz on social media. 

Solis Mammography

Private equity-backed Solis Mammography acquires another radiology practice

“The nation's largest independent provider of specialized breast health services” is adding Breast Center of Acadiana and its two Louisiana locations. 

artificial intelligence digital transformation

Industry Watcher’s Digest

Meet a recent high-school graduate who’s built a brilliant AI app. 

hospital clinicians IT professionals operations leaders

Survey turns up a ‘troubling disconnect’ between clinicians and IT pros, finds operations leaders ‘caught in the middle’

Some 60% of IT professionals and 51% of operational leaders admit they’re reluctant to involve clinicians in software decisions. 

legal liability malpractice artificial intelligence

GSK settles 80,000 lawsuits over Zantac-cancer link for $2.2B

There are still over 72,000 cases brought against multiple drug companies pending in Delaware and California. 

Video of Jamshid Maddahi, MD, UCLA, explaining why flurpiridaz will change cardiac imaging and increase the adoption of PET cardiac imaging.

A closer look at how FDA's flurpiridaz approval will impact nuclear cardiology

The newly approved PET radiotracer is expected to improve patient care significantly. “We have been able to reach the pinnacle of myocardial perfusion imaging with flurpiridaz," one expert said.

V-Wave has gained considerable attention or its Ventura Interatrial Shunt System, a small implantable device designed to reduce pressure on the left atrium and the lungs in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). The Ventura device includes a nitinol hourglass-shaped frame that anchors to the patient’s fossa ovalis in a way that prevents migration or embolization. It is implanted via an interventional procedure with fluoroscopy and echocardiography guidance.

Johnson & Johnson completes V-Wave acquisition

While the initial purchase price was $600 million, the final amount could reach approximately $1.7 billion if certain milestones are met. V-Wave's Ventura Interatrial Shunt System for HFrEF has gained considerable interest in recent years, and Johnson & Johnson was an early investor in the technology back in 2016.

Thumbnail

Prioritizing mammogram reads based on breast density improves radiologist performance

Amid staffing shortages and rising imaging volumes, practices are seeking ways to increase efficiency, and Dutch scientists may have found a solution. 

Displaying 1841 - 1848 of 15124
Design by Adaptive Theme