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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GE HealthCare earns 3 new MRI FDA clearances

GE HealthCare nabs 3 notable MRI FDA clearances

On Feb. 19, the company announced the clearance of two new MRI systems and one artificial intelligence-enabled workflow platform. 

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Gore completes acquisition of medtech company behind next-gen heart device

Gore has officially acquired Conformal Medical, the company known for an investigational LAAO device that uses a proprietary foam implant. The transaction was first announced in January.

The Medtronic Symplicity Spyral Renal Denervation system uses a catheter that curls in the renal artery to place radiofrequency electrodes against the vessel wall to ablate the nerves that control vasodilation, so the artery can be propped in the fully open position.

Medtronic’s RDN system receives new reimbursement approval

More than 40 million adults now have improved access to Medtronic's Symplicity Spyral renal denervation technology.

Emory

Health system redesigns its imaging management structure around modalities, rather than operating lines

At Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, this fractured approach had resulted in uneven technologist staffing, variable asset utilization and scheduling, and diverging modality quality and safety practices. 

Hospital finance

Radiopharmaceutical therapy use has increased 2,000% among Medicare population

Interventional and diagnostic radiologists are leading the way in this surge, accounting for about 45% of IV RPT administrations, according to Medicare Part B claims. 

Moderna, FDA reach compromise to accelerate approval of mRNA flu vaccine

The dispute centered around the pharmaceutical company's request for the shot to be approved for those aged 65 and over, a demographic the FDA argued was not properly represented in a 40,000-person clinical study. The company has agreed to perform additional research after the shot goes to market, having appeased regulators with safety data.

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Federal court strikes down FTC mergers and acquisitions reporting rule

A U.S. District Court in Texas ruled that the agency overstepped its regulatory authority in passing the 2024 Biden-era reporting requirement, which would require stakeholders to spend more than 100 hours filling out a long form to give the agency more oversight of transactions. 

Ambulance emergency trauma

Paramedics, flight nurses become experts in trauma care by hands-on experience, not long careers per se

EMS colleagues with many years on the job but not much direct trauma exposure set the stage for suboptimal patient outcomes.

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