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.

Helium shortage prompts new sense of urgency in the medical imaging community

In recent years the world’s supply of helium has raised heightened concerns, and some suppliers recently started to ration the nonrenewable element. 

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Medtronic to split patient monitoring and respiratory interventions businesses

Medtronic says the spinoff is an opportunity to better position both entities and create value.

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Should breast cancer screening initiation ages be reconsidered for women with a family history?

Suggesting that the standard 10-year age gap screening rule might not be as beneficial as previously assumed, researchers have indicated that women with relatives diagnosed at younger ages should consider different screening criteria.

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Philips cuts 4K jobs amid falling sales

“These initial actions are needed to start turning the company around," new CEO Roy Jakobs said in a statement. 

Man vs. Machine artificial intelligence AI

Should AI-based imaging tools guide treatment decisions?

Abhinhav Jha, PhD, discusses his plans for a $314,807 NIH grant to explore the ethics of AI in imaging given its inherent uncertainties.  

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Radiology techs in especially high demand as 85% of hospitals seek ‘allied’ health workers

More than four-fifths of healthcare provider organizations are shorthanded of allied health professionals, and the job title with the most unfilled positions in the category is radiologic technologist.

Sun Nuclear, ScanLabMR, Spectrum Dynamics and a dozen more industry names in the news

Virtual reality vendors XRHealth (software) and HTC Vive (hardware) introduce glasses-based system for distracting patients undergoing MRI exams and other anxiety-provoking medical procedures (Oct. 19).

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Researchers awarded $31M to study conduction system pacing among heart failure patients

“Once the study begins, it will likely be one of the largest heart pacing clinical trials happening in the world over the next few years," one specialist said.