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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Whistleblowing surgeon claims hospital system forced him to use in-network radiologists

A Florida orthopedist is suing Orlando Health, alleging the hospital chain repeatedly reprimanded him for performing surgeries elsewhere and failing to use its own imaging center. 

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay pelvic mesh settlement of $344M

Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $344 million to settle lawsuits that the pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods deceptively marketed its transvaginal mesh medical device product.

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Siemens inks 15-year, $270M ‘value partnership’ with Canadian hospital system

Under the deal, the German imaging company will provide a suite of services and manage the organization’s network of diagnostic devices. 

Radiologists say lung cancer screening websites failing to speak patients’ language

A team of thoracic radiologists recently reached this conclusion after scouring 257 websites from across the U.S. 

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Purdue University invests $500K in AI startup

physIQ, an Indiana-based healthcare company using AI to track the physiological data of patients, has received a $500,000 investment from Purdue University’s Purdue Research Foundation.

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More than half of clinical studies fail to post results

Researchers conducting applicable clinical trials are required to post their study results within one year, but compliance with this requirement is very poor, according to a new study published in The Lancet.

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Cardiologist acquitted 2 years after facing sexual battery charges

Cardiologist Nelson Mangione has reportedly been acquitted of sexual battery charges that first surfaced in September 2018.

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Why hospitals mergers fail to improve care

Healthcare mergers and acquisition has been on a hot streak for a number of years, but not all hospital mergers end up achieving their stated goals. For instance, hospital mergers may actually increase prices rather than decrease them, according to some studies.