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.

Nanox

Nanox ramping up construction of fabrication plant amid increased demand for imaging system

The Israel-based startup is spending about $40 million on the facility, which it hopes to have up and running in the first quarter of 2022, officials said Wednesday. 

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Healthcare consolidation deserves stronger antitrust examination

More consolidation across the healthcare sector is on the horizon thanks in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an opinion by Commonwealth Fund leaders published in Harvard Business Review.

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Female trainees made up only 26% of U.S. radiology residents over past 12 years

Other traditionally male-dominated specialties have increased gender parity, but there's been little progress among imaging providers, experts said in a new analysis.

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Radiology department bolsters staff knowledge on LGBTQ care with simple intervention

Dozens of team members have now taken part and they’re beginning to see results, according to a new Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology study. 

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Philips partners with OpenDoctor to offer radiology patient self-scheduling, plus more vendor news

Also, FDA clears Siemens' new PET/CT scanner, Varian CEO stepping down, and vRad scores its 23rd patent. 

Portable MRI enhanced by AI cleared for prostate imaging

A manufacturer of compact MRI machines that leverage AI to upgrade image quality has received FDA’s blessing to market its technology in the U.S.

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CEO of private equity-backed Center for Diagnostic Imaging stepping down after 6 years

Kim Tzoumakas, 21st Century Oncology's former chief exec, is assuming the role and plans to guide the radiology firm through its next growth phase.

MRI founder celebrates the modality’s 50th anniversary by ringing Nasdaq closing bell

Raymond V. Damadian, MD, first discovered MR imaging in 1970, launching Fonar Corporation—the world's first MRI company—eight years later.