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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LucidHealth selected as Iowa hospital system’s new radiology services provider after bidding process

MercyOne will utilize the Columbus, Ohio-based imaging company in its Northeast service area that includes two acute care hospitals and 40 clinics. 

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Physicians are using medical imaging as a defense against malpractice claims, study finds

Experts from Emory University discovered a correlation after studying national Medicare imaging trends over a 12-year period and lining them up against lawsuit payouts.

Pandemic perspectives: 3 affected generations, 1 stark conclusion

Millennials, Gen Xers and Baby Boomers fall fairly close to one another in how they view several aspects of life with COVID. One in which the divide is wide: the desire for a “digital detox.”

Researchers clarify: Don’t dismiss the neck gaiter as a facemask failure

Remember the Duke study that seemed to suggest a neck gaiter can spread more COVID than no mask at all? Its authors now say their findings were misconstrued. Gaiters may be OK after all.

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Due date arrives for Medicare cash advances as docs plead for extension: ‘Many practices will fail’

CMS first launched the offering back in March to help smooth over cash flow concerns for providers hobbled by the pandemic.

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Radiologists make significantly more mistakes on the night shift than they do during the day

Errors increased during the back-half of the late shift compared to the earlier portion, Mayo Clinic imaging experts reported in Radiology. 

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Half-century-old, 46-physician imaging practice in North Carolina joins Strategic Radiology

Triad Radiology Associates operates in the Winston-Salem market and has long-running relationships with the Novant Health hospital system. 

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Crisis clobbers affiliated imaging centers, with recovery coming slower than main hospital campus

Such sites generate significant income for hospitals, while also capturing a large portion of outpatient imaging, experts wrote in Academic Radiology