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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High-profile $100M mammography trial gains steam, hitting 50,000-participant mark

The National Cancer Institute at one point had considered quashing the Tomosynthesis Mammography Imaging Screening Trial, but organizers are optimistic after recent upticks. 

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Female physicians order more imaging than men, produce lower mortality rates

That's according to a new cross-sectional study incorporating nearly 172,000 treated across several hospitals, published in JAMA Health Forum.

Biden administration invests $103M in reducing burnout among cardiologists, other healthcare workers

The money is part of the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill President Joe Biden signed into law in March.

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HeartFlow announces plans to merge, go public in deal worth $2.4B

Once the transaction is finalized, the combined entity will go by the name HeartFlow Group and be listed on the New York Stock Exchange as “HFLO.”

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‘Startling shift’: 70% of physicians employed by private equity firms or other corporate entities

Corporations own half of U.S. medical practices, with PE and similar stakeholders producing the sharpest increase (32%) in acquisitions between 2019-2020.

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Nearly 40% of radiologists and other doctors working side gigs amid pandemic

Docs on average earned $25,000, with men collecting more ($27,500) compared to female colleagues ($20,900), Medscape reported. 

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‘This must be countered’: Radiologists launch political fund to stop nonphysician scope-of-practice gains

The American College of Radiology Association is providing the initial $225,000 with the goal of safeguarding patients’ access to physician-led care. 

Bullet pierces mobile mammography unit during imaging exam, halting screening event

The incident occurred on Chicago’s South Side, with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Assured Imaging hosting a popup 3D mammogram clinic at a local shopping center