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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Heart Rhythm Advocates town hall to review key EP policies

Leaders from HRS and Heart Rhythm Advocates will take the stage to explore policy updates, advocacy goals for the future and much more.

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Novel CT power-save mode could cut nationwide CT costs by $1.5M

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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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Practice rename's radiology suite after retiring long-time rad tech

The technologist received the news during her Oct. 31 retirement reception dedicated to her decades of contributions to the practice.

FDA panel to review first heart failure device of its kind

The shunt device being reviewed showed a 52% reduction in hospitalizations and favorable trends in mortality in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.