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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Hospital C-suites increasingly perceive need for digital health mission, vision

More than two-thirds of hospital executives, 70%, say their institution has a formal or comprehensive strategy in place for selecting, acquiring and integrating digital health products.

Luma Vison's Verafeye is the company’s 4D imaging and navigation platform for EP lab procedures for AFib.

Luma Vision raises $22M for 4D cardiac imaging platform

The company's Verafeye platform was designed to provide imaging guidance during cardiac procedures using advanced catheter sensors and deep learning. 

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Radiology among specialties with highest rate of physicians intending to leave current job

The survey of 18,719 academics also explored reasons why physicians might intend to leave a job, with burnout and lack of professional fulfillment both leading the way. 

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Patient self-scheduling significantly increases mammography completion rates

This small, low-cost practice change is a promising way to increase cancer screening participation, researchers detailed recently. 

Feds resume dispute-resolution process under the No Surprises Act for batched claims

The American College of Radiology said it "strongly opposed" the pause and it is currently working with CMS to further fine-tune the system. 

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Cardiologist charged with fraud for allegedly altering patient records, billing for unnecessary procedures

The doctor allegedly targeted some patients more than ten times, treating them again and again with procedures that were not medically necessary. 

João Cavalcante, MD, Minneapolis Heart Institute, spoke at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2023 meeting to try and get more radiologists interested in cardiac imaging to help fill the rising need for cardiac imagers on structural heart teams and a growing number of other types of heart and acute care teams.

Filling the crucial role of multimodality imagers on the heart team

João Cavalcante, MD, spoke at RSNA 2023 about key topics and tried to get more radiologists interested in cardiac imaging.

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.