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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Interventional radiology’s $68.4B inpatient footprint underscores ‘bedrock’ role in chasing the Triple Aim

IR docs treat about 1 in every 10 U.S. inpatients and with a sicker population sample, account for nearly one-fifth of all healthcare costs, according to a new analysis. 

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4 hurdles thwarting AI from conquering clinical practice

AI will not earn a place in the daily practice of medicine until its developers definitively answer some pressing questions on fitness and appropriateness.

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Common service costs $100K less when delivered by an interventional radiologist, underlining subspecialty’s value

Operating room and anesthesia use were the biggest drivers of this pay gap with surgeons, experts wrote in Radiology

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Median radiologist pay at more than $509,000, climbing faster than docs’ productivity gains

The gap between pay hikes and RVU gains was more pronounced across the entire provider population in the survey, a trend that warrants scrutiny, AMGA reported. 

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Choosing Wisely alone not enough to drop low-value imaging of clogged neck arteries

That’s according to the results of a new investigation of value at the Veterans Affairs Health System, published in JAMA Network Open.

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Hospital worker facing 83 new charges after secretly recording patients, employees in imaging room

Charges were first brought against Guy Caley in July when it was discovered he recorded five employees using a small camera facing a toilet in a unisex bathroom.

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How a Texas radiology department dropped wait times for one procedure by 22%

UT Southwestern was able to vastly improve throughput for the placement of infusion ports while also increasing patient volumes. 

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Radiology research funding has ballooned over past 20 years, but allocation questions linger

Nearly half of imaging studies now declare financial backing; but with no association to citation rates, some experts are left concerned.