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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Industry Watcher’s Digest

What is Stargate and why is it here? 

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Cost is king for patients, referrers mulling where to steer elective imaging, though other factors in play

Convenience and the referring provider's endorsement also are key for patients, while physicians focus on image quality and radiologists' reputation. 

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America’s cancer burden is shifting from men to women

Incidence rates among women 50 to 64 have now surpassed those of men, while cancer rates for females under 50 are 82% higher than their male counterparts, the ACS reports. 

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Radiologist among America’s ‘best jobs’ in 2025, US News and World Report says

The specialty came in at #77 on the list, which is based on factors such as growth potential, work-life balance, job safety, employment rate and salary. 

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Trump signs executive order to withdraw U.S. from the World Health Organization

The President made good on a campaign promise to leave the international health agency, after attempting to do so when he last held office in 2020. 

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DOJ sues Walgreens for allegedly filling ‘millions’ of illegal prescriptions

Walgreens filed a countersuit, accusing the federal government of failing to take down prescribers acting unlawfully. 

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Not all lead glasses are created equal

Higher lead content does not always necessarily equate to greater protection, authors of a new analysis caution.

STS President Jennifer C. Romano, MD, MS, a congenital heart surgeon with Mott Children’s Hospital and professor with the University of Michigan (UM) Medical School, spoke with Cardiovascular Business to preview STS 2025.

Q&A: Society of Thoracic Surgeons president previews the trends and technologies of STS 2025

It looked like the wildfires in Los Angeles could force STS to cancel its annual meeting, but the group worked with city officials and was able to carry on as planned. STS President Jennifer C. Romano, MD, MS, discussed that difficult decision and previewed the three-day event in a new interview.