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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Radiologists and other docs label 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule a ‘mixed bag’

Advocates are pleased with plans to delay the punitive phase of the appropriate-use criteria program, but concerned about cuts to the conversion factor.

Young radiologists must step up to climate change: 7 things to know

Trainees will need to harness the same energy used during the pandemic to take on the "next challenge to world health," two experts argued in Radiology.

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Rad Partners AI ally raises $66M, Rayus’ latest M&A move, plus more company news

Also, two practices announce a merger in the Northeast as the acquirer strives to become the "Amazon of radiology." 

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Just 21% of academic cardiologists are women—and they earn less than men

Gender gaps in both representation and salary are especially wide in academic cardiology, researchers found. 

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Alliance Healthcare Services plans to ‘vigorously defend’ against ‘unfounded’ PACS-breach lawsuit

Patients recently filed a proposed class-action suit against Alliance and Northeast Radiology, claiming the 2 were lax in responding to a cybersecurity incident last year. 

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Inpatient mammography screening scores high marks from formerly nonadherent patients

Johns Hopkins experts said 100% of nurses polled also believe this practice should become the standard of care. 

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Dollar General ventures deeper into healthcare

Dollar General, a discount retailer with more than 17,000 stores, is stepping into the healthcare space by adding more health-related products and hiring a chief medical officer.

 

Major medical school finds AI literacy lacking within its walls

At one of the largest medical schools in the U.S., less than a third of the students and only half the faculty are up to speed on healthcare-specific AI.