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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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. 

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Prioritizing immediate reads on these two groups of women reduces recall rates for mammo

In a study cohort that included a total of 2,674,051 screening mammograms, these factors were found to result in the highest recall rates. 

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Oracle Cerner partners with remote care company

The partnership comes just a few months after Oracle completed its $28.3 billion acquisition of Cerner in June.

The American Hospital Association (AMA) is warning healthcare systems the Russians may attempt cyber attacks amid rising tensions of the war in Ukraine and the international community's response. #Ukraine #warinukraine #ukrainewar

MercyOne recovers from cyberattack of parent company

CommonSpirit became aware of an IT attack that was impacting some of its facilities, and the healthcare company subsequently took certain systems offline, including electronic health records and patient portals.