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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The 5 most common mistakes to avoid in radiology quality improvement projects

Hubris is the fundamental failure of most such endeavors, Stanford imaging experts wrote in JACR

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Outpatient care volumes bouncing back, albeit unevenly

Weekly visits to some specialty practices have bounced back from the COVID swoon and then some. For many of these winners, in-person care is coming back to life right alongside telehealth.

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Tower Radiology forms partnership in Tampa; practice acquired in Washington, plus more company news

Also, Collaborative Imaging adds another practice to its growing roster of independent radiologists. 

New CEO at Intelerad, top radiologist retires, Carilion’s chief of radiology, and more leadership news

Also, one of Philadelphia's noted ultrasound experts passes away and ACR's chief executive wins big.

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Radiology department uses a systems-based approach to reduce unscheduled imaging orders by 49%

Harvard experts recently detailed their System for Coordinating Orders for Radiology Exams, or SCORE, in JACR

Brit study: Money-motivated parties weighed in heavily on FDA’s medical AI regulation

Of 125 public comments submitted to the FDA on how best to regulate AI software as a medical device, nearly two-thirds came from parties with financial ties to industry, according to a study running in BMJ Open.

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Radiology extenders significantly improve routine chest radiograph throughput at one Ivy League imaging department

This role has created controversy in some circles, but experts with the Perelman School of Medicine say extenders make business sense, when deployed strategically. 

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Imaging wasn’t enough. Now Walmart is moving into the insurance realm.

The Arkansas-based corporation recently announced the launch of its new business line, Walmart Insurance Services, and is already licensed in all 50 states.