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.

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Radiology provider to close if it can’t find a buyer by end of March

Saltzer Health has faced "significant financial pressures as the rising cost of providing care, driven by inflation, has increased since the pandemic." 

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Only 21% of healthcare leaders say they’ve implemented AI in medical imaging

However, about 62% of decision-makers at the management and executive level said they plan to do so within the next five years. 

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Radiology practice experiences cyberattack impacting 569,000 patients

Chattanooga Imaging recently completed a forensic investigation and is analyzing the information, with plans to send personalized letters to those impacted. 
 

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FDA grants new valve-in-valve TAVR offering its breakthrough device designation

The new device was designed to help clinicians perform valve-in-valve TAVR on certain high-risk patients. One cardiologist familiar with the technology said it could be easily added to any preexisting TAVR workflow. 

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International radiology societies share 4 key considerations when purchasing AI

RSNA, the American College of Radiology and others shared their advice in a new joint statement published Monday across several imaging journals. 

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Use of CT angiography has surged in recent years, with a corresponding drop in MRI

Ease of access, lower cost, and shorter scan time, especially for emergent clinical indications such as acute stroke, all may be fueling CTA volumes. 

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One of France’s largest independent radiology practices inks partnership with private equity firm

Excellence Imagerie operates four main centers and employs 60 radiologists carrying out 400,000 consultations each year. 

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Physician plaintiff: ‘I shouldn’t have to risk losing my license—or getting jail time’ over telehealth visits

When policymakers eased rules and restrictions governing telemedicine in 2020, many patients and their doctors saw the change as one shiny silver lining in the very dark cloud that was the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately for them, that period has passed.