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.

Novel CT power-save mode could cut per-scanner costs by $1.5M annually
Investigators with University Hospital Basel, Switzerland, recently explored the use of a “promising” new option that reduces energy consumption during brief, inter-examination idle intervals.
RadNet acquires remote MRI scanning solutions provider Alpha RT
The company offers a suite of services including AI-powered safety monitoring in case something goes wrong in the MRI suite, staffing, training and certification.
Texas voters approve $3B to establish Dementia Prevention and Research Institute
Proposition 14 passed by an overwhelming 69% of the vote, with residents approving an amendment to the state constitution that makes the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (DPRIT) official. The new group will fund research into Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and more.
Nurse charged with allegedly replacing hospice patient’s oxycodone with cleaning chemicals
Lori Robertson, a registered nurse, faces one count of tampering with a consumer product. She was arrested by federal authorities, accused of endangering her hospice patient with dementia.
Popular LLMs confidently fail at answering image-based board questions
Updated large language models have been trained to process both text- and image-based questions, potentially making them more effective in radiology settings.

Blood thinner recalled due to potential cancer risk

The recall, announced by the FDA, includes multiple lots of dabigatran etexilate capsules.

Practice leaders must take ‘urgent action’ to address moral distress in radiology

This dilemma occurs when providers knows the right thing to do for a patient, but institutional constraints prevent them.

overnight night shift attending radiologist burnout

Hospital to pay False Claims Act penalty for allegedly letting unsupervised residents interpret X-rays

University of Iowa Health Care also has agreed to mandate that physicians receive training on Medicare's requirements for reimbursement in a teaching setting.

Exploring the costs, volume and takeaways from delivering imaging at a student-run free clinic

Four years of running the imaging portion of the program cost nearly $158,000, experts wrote in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

ACC Vice President Cathie Biga discusses OBLs and ASCs during the ACC23 meeting. #ACC #OBLs #ASCs #ACC23

What the rise of outpatient cardiac OBLs and ASCs means for cardiology

To reduce the healthcare costs associated with straightforward, minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures, more and more ambulatory surgical centers and office based labs are opening all over the United States.

Is it OK to delay follow-ups for 'probably benign' abnormalities on mammography screening?

Many were concerned that delays in care inflicted by COVID restrictions also would potentially delay diagnoses, causing undue harm for patients.

Movers & Shakers: Sutter Health, Optum Health, Tegria make leadership changes

Welcome to Movers & Shakers, a roundup of some the latest executive movements in healthcare.

Feds may soon take action against Amazon’s monopoly status

Federal investigations that began in 2019 into Amazon’s potential abuse of power and consumer privacy violations may soon come to fruition with lawsuits to block the company's monopoly status, Politico reported.

Management

Novel CT power-save mode could cut per-scanner costs by $1.5M annually

RadNet acquires remote MRI scanning solutions provider Alpha RT

Texas voters approve $3B to establish Dementia Prevention and Research Institute

Nurse charged with allegedly replacing hospice patient’s oxycodone with cleaning chemicals

Popular LLMs confidently fail at answering image-based board questions