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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Patients from poorer neighborhoods travel farther for MRIs, show up in worse condition

A twofold increase in distance traveled from home to an imaging center resulted in substantially higher severity in these patients’ conditions, researchers detailed in JACR. 

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Medicare contractors mull restricting coverage for key image-guided pain procedure

Five of the seven MACs recently released proposed local coverage determinations, pertaining to peripheral nerve blocks. 

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Imaging artificial intelligence firm Harrison.ai scores FDA breakthrough device designations

The agency has granted this designation to the Australia-based company's Comprehensive Care triage and prioritization solution for obstructive hydrocephalus. 

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TrumpRx now online as AstraZeneca becomes second pharmaceutical company to join

Details are still unclear. However, the administration—along with Pfizer and AstraZeneca, the two companies to sign on—promises the storefront will offer deeply discounted drugs directly to Americans. The deal allows the manufacturers to avoid import tariffs. 

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Physician sues after hospital allegedly ‘lost track’ of pediatric patient, who later died

Sudesh Ebenezer, MD, claims Hurley Medical Center retaliated against him after he expressed concerns over the incident. He is seeking unspecified damages.

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Renowned radiologist dies after car crashes into Connecticut River

The doctor was described as a kind, generous, funny and incredibly intelligent man who took joy in caring for others. 

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Radiology resident-led quality improvement project boosts incidental findings follow-up rate

The monthly audit is used to identify findings that may have been missed by referring providers within their network, along with initiating communication of radiologists' recommendations.

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Q&A: What cardiologists know and don’t know about pulsed field ablation

Peter Weiss, MD, a veteran electrophysiologist, sat down with Cardiovascular Business to discuss the ongoing rise of pulsed field ablation. While he's impressed with the technology, he says many questions remain about its long-term value.