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.

PACS vendors under the KLAS microscope as many users consider a change

More than 30% of surveyed PACS users are looking around for a potential replacement, according to an 82-page report from KLAS. “The U.S. PACS market is poised for change," the report's authors wrote. 

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The most expensive & least expensive states for healthcare

In 2020, healthcare costs averaged $10,000 per person, though South Dakota takes the cake as the most expensive state for healthcare, according to a recent ranking from Forbes

 

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Has electronic cropping in digital radiography resulted in the death of collimation?

While electronically cropping an image may seem like a harmless act, the habit is not without unintended consequences, the authors of a new paper recently explained.

Texas to repay $30M in care payments that didn’t meet requirements

The state of Texas may have claimed more than $30 million in federal funds for Medicaid uncompensated care payments that didn’t actually meet federal and state requirements.

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Neuroimaging recedes behind other cost compilers in stroke care

Contrary to older research that showed neuroimaging emerging as the single most dominating cost contributor in ischemic stroke care for older Americans, a new study shows treatment and other line items account for bigger slices of the bill.

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Isotope shortage update: NMEU names potential restart date for downed reactor

On November 4, Nuclear Medicine Europe indicated inspections at the downed BR2 reactor had been finalized.

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Chest X-rays alone ineffective in COVID triage

New research indicates that there is significant reader variability in COVID classifications among different specialties when chest X-rays alone are the diagnostic tool of choice.

Movers & Shakers: CEO changes across Fox Chase, Gonzales, Ottumwa Regional, VCU Health

Check out this week’s Movers & Shakers, a roundup of the latest executive movements in the healthcare industry.