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.

Study ranks US health system dead last among wealthy nations

Low rankings for accessibility and outcomes earned the country the overall lowest ranking in an analysis of healthcare systems across 10 nations.

Cath lab staff working in an outpatient ambulatory surgical center (ASC) for cardiovascular procedures at a Banner Health ASC in Sun City, Arizona.

Cath lab techs and nurses see new normal with post-COVID pay

In the post-COVID era, wages for permanent RNs are rising, and wages for travelers are decreasing. A new report tracked these trends and more. 

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Hospital quality improvement project aims to reduce radiologists’ administrative burden

The University of Toronto has standardized processes related to multidisciplinary conferences, hoping to provide relief for participating abdominal specialists. 

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Hospital giant’s homegrown outpatient imaging center chain expands into new state

Intermountain Healthcare first launched Tellica Imaging in 2021 as it sought to capitalize on the growing movement of radiology services outside of the hospital setting. 
 

State convenes task force to address radiologic technologist shortages

“The shortage is not just specific to Connecticut. It’s all over the place,” said Bernadette Mele, MBA, the group's co-chair. 

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Companies face 6% spike in insurance premiums, will pass cost onto employees

Without deploying cost-saving measures, the price to provide workers with insurance could rise as much as 9%, a report from Mercer found. 

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Private cardiology practice accuses hospital of intimidation, defamation in $15M lawsuit

According to Oregon Heart Center, an independent cardiology practice, Salem Health is attempting to "monopolize cardiology care" in the area. The two providers had previously coexisted for years. 

Deep learning denoising produces quality trauma head CT images at 25% of the radiation dose

Denoising algorithm produces quality trauma head CTs at a fraction of the radiation dose

Radiation doses needed for quality head CT scans in trauma settings can be reduced by as much as 75% using DL-based denoising.