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.

Senator, 100 health groups sound alarm after ‘abrupt’ cancellation of USPSTF meeting
The influential task force dictates whether health insurers must cover preventive services such as mammograms and low-dose CT lung exams, which some say could be in jeopardy.
Health system spends nearly $7M on AI to boost prostate MRI performance
About 50% of cases are diagnosed early when treatment is most effective, with the hospital system hoping to reach 75% by 2028.
PET imaging provider hit with multi-state phishing attack
Nashville, Tennessee-based Integrated Oncology Network alerted Health and Human Services in late June about the hacking incident, with thousands potentially affected.
Lehigh Valley Health admits to controlled substances violations in $2.75M settlement
The Pennsylvania-based health system reported drug diversion incidents to authorities involving a pharmacy technician who used employee passwords to steal pills from one of its hospitals.
Samsung buys Xealth to integrate consumer wearables and clinical data
Xealth’s data sharing platform will be used to make use of health information gathered from everyday devices like the Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch, the companies said.

FDA gives nod to MRI acceleration software equipped with AI

A medical imaging OEM has been cleared to market MRI image reconstruction software that, according to the company, sacrifices nothing in image quality despite allowing patients to be scanned up to three times faster than conventional methods.

Functional MRI clarifies effects of vaping vs. smoking inside the lungs

Cigarette smoke inhibits pulmonary perfusion while nicotine-delivering vapors from e-cigarettes do the opposite, actually increasing blood flow in the lungs.

FDA to consider OTC birth control application

The application comes just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the right to abortion care in the U.S. for nearly 50 years.

Proposed Medicare Physician Free Schedule would decrease cardiology payments, ACC calls it ‘the continuation of a troubling trend’

CMS also announced that the penalty phase of its Appropriate Use Criteria Program has been delayed yet again.

Cardiologist sues former trainee for defamation after sexual misconduct allegation

The initial complaint, filed nearly one year ago, remains unresolved.

Theranos exec found guilty on 12 counts of fraud, conspiracy

The chief operating officer of the now defunct blood-testing company was found guilty of 12 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy.

Biden signs executive order on reproductive healthcare

While the president does not have the authority to overturn a Supreme Court decision, the move could improve pathways to access for reproductive care.

Ultrasound novices quickly master ‘volume sweep’ breast imaging

In a recent trial, medical students who were trained for two hours or less in an ultrasound “volume sweep” imaging (VSI) protocol obtained diagnostic-quality imaging of palpable breast lesions.

Management

Senator, 100 health groups sound alarm after ‘abrupt’ cancellation of USPSTF meeting

Health system spends nearly $7M on AI to boost prostate MRI performance

PET imaging provider hit with multi-state phishing attack

Lehigh Valley Health admits to controlled substances violations in $2.75M settlement

Samsung buys Xealth to integrate consumer wearables and clinical data