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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Movers & Shakers: Johnson & Johnson, Community Healthcare Trust, Emids

Welcome to Movers & Shakers, a roundup of the latest executive movements in the healthcare space, featuring Johnson & Johnson, Community Healthcare Trust and Emids.

7 steps to ‘new era of personalized medicine’ by way of radiomic analysis

Quantifiable features of medical images such as pixel intensity, arrangement, color and texture—in a word, radiomics—can help radiologists improve diagnostic accuracy.

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Targeting ‘super referrers’ a promising strategy for quashing low-value imaging

Less than 1% of referrers accounted for 10% of exam orders that defy Choosing Wisely recommendations, according to a new analysis of imaging data. 

Neha Patel doesn’t want her radiologist husband prosecuted for attempted vehicular homicide

The radiologist suspected of trying to murder his wife and children by deliberately driving the family car over a 250-foot cliff has an unlikely ally in his corner.

Another ransomware warning for healthcare providers: North Korean attacks

Healthcare and public health organizations have been alerted to another ransomware threat––this time from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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Florida cardiology practice, 10 cardiologists pay $2M to settle fraud allegations

The practice and many of its cardiologists allegedly submitted false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. 

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Q&A: What healthcare providers should do after a data breach

Health Exec caught up with Rob Kim, chief technology officer at digital solutions provider Presidio, to understand what healthcare organizations should do after a data breach.

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New contrast agent is officially available for use in hospitals and clinics

A Feb. 14 announcement from Bracco indicates that the recently FDA-approved, gadolinium-based contrast agent VUEWAY, also known as gadopiclenol, is officially being used for patients undergoing MR imaging.