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.

FDA announces recall of more than 50,000 infusion pumps

Smiths Medical says providers should double check that Medfusion Model 4000 pumps have had their software properly updated, after reports that earlier versions of the device software could cause harm.

Surender Malhotra, MD, an interventional cardiologist with Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin, Georgia, is back on the job after losing his right arm in a near-fatal accident.

Georgia cardiologist treating heart patients again after losing arm in accident

A veteran interventional cardiologist lost his right arm in an accident, but did not let that stop him from returning to his patients. 

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FDA grants bioresorbable scaffold system its breakthrough device designation to treat infrapopliteal lesions

The new drug-eluting device was designed to provide both stability and flexibility to patients presenting with below-the-knee lesions.  

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Private equity returns plummet to lowest levels seen since 2009

Volatile markets, economic uncertainty and higher borrowing costs have combined to make it more difficult for PE firms to exit their investments. 

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Radiology Partners adds 650 physicians and 62 new client sites in 1 year

The figure represents Rad Partners’ “most successful recruitment effort in a single year” since its founding in 2012 and reflects the practice’s “tremendous growth.” 

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Outpatient imaging provider attempts to capitalize on closure of 2 local hospitals

Smart Scan Medical Imaging has sought to attract customers impacted by the news, noting the institutions were seeing 400 patients per month. 

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Burnout’s pronounced prevalence among radiologists underlines ‘urgent, unmet need’ for intervention

Increased workload, poor sleep quality, suboptimal working conditions and reduced job satisfaction all correlate with increased levels of professional fatigue. 

An FDA panel will discuss its recommendations related to Abbott's TriClip G4 transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system for tricuspid regurgitation.

FDA advisory panel votes in favor of Abbott’s TriClip device for tricuspid regurgitation

After hours of discussion, the panel determined that the benefits of using the TriClip G4 TEER system to treat TR outweigh any potential risks.