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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Male/female salary gap in academic medicine: Women radiologists ahead of peers in other specialties

Academic radiology still has a ways to go before achieving salary parity between the sexes, but it’s doing better at getting there than most other teaching specialties. 

Cardiologist on hunger strike wants more beds for department—has not eaten in 12 days

The cardiologist has been fasting in his office since May 11. He insists that he and his colleagues need more room to provide care for a growing patient population. 

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New York Valves, CRF’s newest cardiology conference, makes heart team collaborations a priority

New York Valves: The Structural Heart Summit replaces the Transcatheter Valve Therapy conference CRF hosted for many years. The three-day event will include 12 late-breaking clinical trials focused on TAVR and new treatments for the mitral and tricuspid valves. 

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Industry Watcher’s Digest

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

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Radiology groups want clarity from HHS on reporting requirements following Change cyberattack

ACR, the American Society of Neuroradiology and the Society of Interventional Radiology were among over 100 groups asking the feds for further details. 

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Buffalo’s 2nd largest diagnostic imaging center operator on why it sold to private equity

Founded in 1959, Southtowns Radiology announced in November that it was unloading its imaging center business to Atlanta-based Rezolut. 

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‘First federal CIO’ gives 3 reality checks on governmental AI

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget recently released final guidance for the use of AI by executive-branch departments and agencies.

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100+ groups ask OCR for clarification on HIPAA requirements after Change Healthcare hack

In a letter dated May 20, a number of medical associations and physicians groups ask the OCR to force UnitedHealth Group to follow through on notifying patients that their data was taken by hackers.