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.

FDA greenlights tabletop heart/lung sensor

A zero-contact health monitor about the size and shape of an external laptop speaker—one sure to fire the imagination of many a sci-fi fan—has won de novo clearance from the FDA.

Boston Globe to academic hospitals: Forbid your leadership from serving on industry boards

The editorial board of a major metropolitan U.S. newspaper is calling out local hospital executives who sit on the boards of deep-pocketed healthcare vendors.

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YouTube yanks panel video featuring radiologist Scott Atlas, drawing governor’s ire

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' office called the move “another blatant example of Big Tech attempting to silence those who disagree with their woke corporate agenda.”

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3 recent FDA clearances for the clinical imaging world

A new AI-powered tool for colorectal cancer screening and an intraoperative imaging device are among the latest to gain the federal OK.

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American Board of Radiology eyeing fee reductions in 2022, changing name of MOC program

On average, docs pay nearly $15K over the course of their career on certification, one of the highest tallies among specialties. 

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9 healthcare orgs stand among Fortune’s ‘most heroic’ places to work

Occupying the overall No. 1 slot is Cisco, the Silicon Valley IT giant, while 29-hospital Texas Health Resources is the highest-placing healthcare concern out of nine to make the list.  

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Cardiologist takes stand in Derek Chauvin trial, says George Floyd’s death was ‘absolutely preventable’

Jonathan D. Rich, MD, a cardiologist at Northwestern Medicine, took the stand during one of the most widely watched murder trials in recent memory. He testified that multiple steps could have been taken to prevent George Floyd's death. 

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FDA approves first-of-its-kind colonoscopy AI

The FDA has granted de novo classification to an AI software module that puts a second pair of eyes on colonoscopy videos in real time and is compatible with any endoscope.