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.

Hospital transparency efforts fail to curb rising imaging prices
However, health policy efforts initiated in 2021 appear to be reducing variation in imaging costs, experts contend.
Whole-body MRI firm Ezra acquired by celebrity-backed longevity startup Function Health
Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal and Kevin Hart have invested in Function, which offers 100-plus lab tests to help its 200K members live "100 healthy years."
Timothy L. Swan, MD, elected president of the American College of Radiology
“Dr. Swan is an inspiring and untiring leader who has served with distinction in his multiple ACR and professional roles," CEO Dana Smetherman, MD, said Monday.
Healthcare AI newswatch: UnitedHealth hearts AI, agentic AI again, healthcare AI dependency, more
Give healthcare workers AI to do their jobs and you might make them AI-dependent. Give them AI anyway?
19-state coalition sues HHS over restructuring, mass firings
The states argue the Department of Health and Human Services is failing to perform basic functions, in violation of the Constitution, as the agency and its programs are authorized by Congress.

Trump worries about healthcare poll, regrets enacting vaping restrictions

HHS Secretary Alex Azar took some heat from President Trump after a recent poll showed Democrats leading when it came to the issue of healthcare.

Chuck Norris’ gadolinium lawsuit against Bracco dismissed

Norris filed the suit against the manufacturer in November 2017, alleging his wife Gena suffered severe side effects from the contrast agent.

Deploying radiologists as ‘human clinical decision support’ to quash inappropriate imaging

Yale New Haven Hospital recently tested out this workflow change, adding a button in its EHR that allows physicians to suggest changes to CT or MRI requests.

‘Gamification’ of imaging education reduces errors, boosts radiologists’ confidence

More than 90% of participants said they would use the game for educational purposes again.

Fresh off Hitachi deal, Fujifilm exploring $3B purchase of nuclear imaging supplier

The Tokyo-based camera giant is competing with two private equity firms in the bidding war for Curium, which produces radioactive tracers used in nuclear medicine.

Chuck Norris voluntarily abandons poisoning lawsuit against gadolinium manufacturer Bracco

The action star—famous for his portrayal of “Walker Texas Ranger”—first filed suit against the Italy-based company and several others in 2017.

Medical researchers must understand risks associated with AI

AI is poised to change the healthcare industry forever—but risks remain that researchers must take seriously.

Rich people stay healthy nearly a decade longer than poor people

Rich people live an average of seven to nine more disability-free years than their socioeconomically disadvantaged peers, according to research published in the Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences Jan. 15.

Management

Hospital transparency efforts fail to curb rising imaging prices

Whole-body MRI firm Ezra acquired by celebrity-backed longevity startup Function Health

Timothy L. Swan, MD, elected president of the American College of Radiology

Healthcare AI newswatch: UnitedHealth hearts AI, agentic AI again, healthcare AI dependency, more

19-state coalition sues HHS over restructuring, mass firings