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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Private equity continues to snap up physician groups

Private equity firms are continuing their investments in physician practices, scooping up 355 acquisitions from 2013 to 2016, according to a new study published in JAMA.

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Rise in radiologists practicing under private equity warrants further investigation, experts say

This trend comes at a time when Congress is scrutinizing investors' role in care delivery as part of an effort to rein in surprise medical bills. 

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Cerner hires new execs, extends Intermountain Healthcare partnership

Cerner Corporation, a health information and EHR technology company, has extended its partnership with not-for-profit healthcare company Intermountain Healthcare in a multiyear agreement.

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From Exam Room to Private Office: Meet 5 Techs Who Completed the Climb

We sought out a handful of radiology executives, directors and managers who started out as radiologic technologists. They share their stories, talk about radiology’s present challenges and offer tips for today’s techs hoping to become tomorrow’s leaders.

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5 steps every radiology department should take to safeguard against coronavirus

In a new Journal of the American College of Radiology review, imaging experts outlined important infection control measures that every institution must consider. 

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Radiology nurses share how they're tackling patient anxiety prior to imaging

Nurses use everything from simple communication to traditional and alternative medicine to help calm patients before they undergo an exam or procedure.

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Hedge funds distance themselves from Purdue Pharma

The troubles of Purdue Pharma, the maker of the opioid OxyContin, have led two hedge funds to cut ties with the company as legal consequences from the national opioid abuse and overdose epidemic continue to play out.

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Marketers using personal Medicare under investigation

A new investigation examining how marketers are getting the personal Medicare information of seniors is underway, with government watchdogs wanting to know if a misuse of a government system is to blame, The Associated Press reported.