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.

Kimberly Powell, vice president, general manager of healthcare at NVIDIA, explains how artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly expanded in radiology and how many of the companies showing AI products at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2025 meeting use the company's technology. She said a few key technology launches by GE Healthcare show a deeper integration of NVIDIA's AI technology, and shared what the next generation of "physical AI" will enable autonomous radiology exams.

Nvidia sees major shift in radiology to AI agents and new autonomous imaging systems

“Physical AI agents being able to actually deliver some of these services—all the way into robotic surgery—this is where we're going to see this next chapter of medicine be written,” said Kimberly Powell, vice president and general manager of healthcare at Nvidia.
 

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Cardiology’s biggest trend: New scientific statements take on AI-powered coronary plaque evaluations

The ACC and AHA both issued new statements on noninvasive CCTA offerings that use advanced AI to evaluate patients with suspected CAD. These technologies have gained significant momentum in recent years, and experts agree that they represent a game-changing advancement in the world of cardiovascular imaging.

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Judge rejects radiologist’s attempt to revive lawsuit alleging age bias led to her termination

The case dates to July 2019, when breast specialist Claire Hanley, MD, first filed suit against New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. 

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Anthem defends controversial policy penalizing hospitals who use out-of-network radiologists

Rads and other physicians have roundly criticized the change, labeling the policy as “deeply flawed and operationally unworkable.” 

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Lumexa Imaging refinances debts, fills out board of directors

Effective Dec. 10, Brett Brodnax, Bridget Karlin, Matthew Lungren, MD, and Robert Mittl, MD, joined Lumexa’s board of directors. 

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New York invests over $309M in statewide health projects, including $33M for Epic integration

In total, 22 facilities will benefit from the money, provided by the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program. Projects include cybersecurity upgrades and telehealth implementation, in addition to EHR upgrades.

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‘President of common sense’: Trump reschedules marijuana, improving patient access

By signing an executive order, President Donald Trump has shifted marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance, opening the door for medical and research uses nationwide. 

ST-RADS scoring system for predicting risk of soft tissue tumor malignancy

Scoring system outperforms standard radiology reports for predicting soft tissue tumor malignancy

The Soft-Tissue Tumor Reporting and Data System (ST-RADS) is an MRI framework that was designed to assess the risk of soft tissue tumors and help providers in managing the finding.