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.

bone and soft tissue tumors

Radiologists' understanding of tumor 'mimics' vital when assessing bone and soft tissue lesions

Authors of the new EJR paper explained that, although most of these tumors present in a similar way—with a lump or localized pain—their origins are wide-ranging and require the use of additional imaging to characterize the lesion. 

2 data breaches—geographically distant yet chronologically close—reported in radiology

Radiology practices in Arizona and Texas have been hit by hackers.

Down Under, imaging referrers respond to government-issued overutilization notices

Upon receiving a just-the-facts letter from a federal health official, Australia’s most frequent referrers for musculoskeletal imaging significantly curbed their inclination to place these orders over the next 12 months.

Omnipaque and Visipaque still listed among the FDA's drug shortages

According to the FDA’s most recent update, some presentations will remain out of stock or backordered until January 2023. 

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Internal symposium for breast imaging technologists is a hit among attendees

Of those who completed post-symposium surveys, 100% agreed that they would recommend the event to others who are looking to expand their knowledge of breast imaging.

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Survey says: The top 5 investment areas for C-suite health leaders in 2022

A new survey of 40 health industry executives shows that digital transformation and staffing challenges top the list of C-suite priorities for the year ahead. 

M&A mergers and acquisitions business deal

CVS enters $8B agreement to acquire Signify Health

The companies expect to close the agreement—which is subject to investor and regulator approval—in the first half of 2023.  

At the site of the ‘God particle,’ explorers advance along a new frontier in medical imaging

The event was the sixth Workshop on Medical Applications of Spectroscopic X-ray Detectors, which wrapped Sept. 1 at the largest particle physics lab in the world.