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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ACR releases new mammography guidance to aid in ongoing COVID-19 resurgence

Some breast imaging facilities are reinstating safety measures unseen since nonurgent care shutdowns in July 2020, the college said.

Notable regulatory greenlights of emerging technologies over the past 30 days

Along with AI in its various iterations, the list may include virtual and augmented reality, 3D printing, robotics and other innovative technologies changing healthcare delivery.

6 points of trepidation in patient perceptions of healthcare AI

If Mayo Clinic focus groups reflect widely held views, many healthcare consumers will balk if someone other than a physician is put in charge of applying healthcare AI to real-world clinical care.  

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Hospital giant Intermountain Healthcare launching outpatient imaging center chain amid pricing pressure

Subsidiary company Tellica Imaging is searching nationwide for a CEO and is already working to open its first 3 stand-alone centers by late 2021. 

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ACR Association offers up $225,000 to help local radiologists fight nonphysician scope-of-practice gains

Possible uses could include advertising, grassroots campaigns or engaging a political strategist, with applications due by Oct. 31, the college announced recently.

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Provider offering workplace and at-home diagnostic imaging expands into 22nd state

EZaccessMD partners with health plan holders to help blunt healthcare costs by offering teleconsults alongside ultrasound and X-ray scans in the community. 

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Large Medicare study explores common predictors of low-value imaging among hospital systems

Those with a lower share of primary care docs or no teaching hospital are more likely to deliver wasteful care, according to an analysis of 11M patients treated at 556 hospital systems.

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‘A troublesome trend’: Top imaging groups slam insurer-directed test substitution policies

Advocates say payers' push for single first-line imaging tests for all patients isn't backed by evidence and may cause harm.