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.

Turning off daily dormant CT scanners saves money, cuts carbon, rewards teamwork
Want to run your imaging operation more cost-effectively while doing the planet a favor? Just hit the “off” switch on your CT machines whenever they won’t be needed for any appreciable span of time.
Lung cancer research calls screening guidelines into question
Lung cancer rates among people with no history of smoking are on the rise, but certain populations are disproportionately affected.
ACR tries different approaches to engage members and Congress at annual meeting
Dana Smetherman, MD, CEO of the American College of Radiology, explains changes to the ACR annual meeting designed to better engage members and to make radiology's voice heard more clearly on Capitol Hill.
Key pitfalls to avoid when using PET imaging for patients with coronary artery disease
To aid in the PET imaging of patients with heart disease, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging has developed new guidelines.
NIH will offer $10M to develop new imaging AI algorithms focused on unmet needs
The National Institutes of Health recently updated the grant page for its PRIMED-AI program, which was previously announced in May.

Anthem completes acquisition of Integra Managed Care

The deal brings Integra’s more than 40,000 Medicaid members and network of care management teams to Anthem, which serves more than 118 million people.

DOJ now investigating Cerebral for ADHD prescribing practices

As a result, the company stated it will pause the practice of prescribing controlled substances as a treatment for ADHD such as Adderall and Ritalin for new patients starting May 9.

Hello Heart raises $70M as digital therapeutics demand soars

Hello Heart, a digital therapeutics company that focuses on heart health, has raised $70 million in a Series D funding round.

Unclear ownership, uneven assessments hamper informed-consent efforts in IR

The interventional radiology practice of an academic medical center has identified four challenges to securing informed consent from patients or their medical decision-makers.

3 indications auguring well for the future of pediatric PET/MRI

In pediatric care settings, hybrid PET/MR imaging combines “exquisite soft-tissue information obtained by MR imaging with functional information provided by PET.”

Preserving contrast media supplies: 7 ACR recommendations

With the shortage, which pertains specifically to all formulations and concentrations of GE Healthcare’s Omnipaque (iohexol), expected to last until mid-June, several organizations have alluded that conservation efforts are of critical importance.

An example of CT imaging coronary plaque assessment on TeraRecon's advanced visualization software.

VIDEO: Use of CT to assess coronary plaques

Leslee Shaw, PhD, director of The Blavatnik Family Women’s Health Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, explains how cardiac computed tomography (CT) can be used to assess coronary plaques.

Nearly 1 in 4 physicians report workplace mistreatment

As physician burnout continues to plague the healthcare industry, a new survey reveals a high prevalence of workplace mistreatment.

Management

Turning off daily dormant CT scanners saves money, cuts carbon, rewards teamwork

Lung cancer research calls screening guidelines into question

ACR tries different approaches to engage members and Congress at annual meeting

Key pitfalls to avoid when using PET imaging for patients with coronary artery disease

NIH will offer $10M to develop new imaging AI algorithms focused on unmet needs