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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American College of Cardiology ‘disappointed’ by Trump’s decision to exit WHO

“Diseases don't respect geographic and political boundaries," wrote ACC President Athena Poppas, MD, and others. 

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Radiology providers want 1% Medicare pay hike to cover COVID supplies, federal loans for imaging upgrades

Radiologists and rad techs have been hit hard by the pandemic and need help in maintaining their arsenal of diagnostic tools, the American College of Radiology, Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, and others wrote recently.  

Living with the COVID crisis: Questions you’ve been waiting to ask of an expert

What are the odds of getting exposed to COVID-19 at a supermarket versus at a restaurant seating customers at every other table? The consensus answer from numerous authoritative voices may surprise you.

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Hospitals, nurses and docs urge Senate leaders to earmark funds for disparities in COVID care

CEOs with the American Hospital Association, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association underscored the pandemic’s outsized impact on people of color in a letter to lawmakers sent Friday. 

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Philips’ sales slide 6% amid slowdown in imaging installations, procedures

While the Amsterdam-based manufacturer logged diagnostic imaging sales in line with Q2 2019, Philips’ ultrasound business showed a “mid-single-digit decrease,” and image-guided therapy dropped by double digits. 

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State watch: Rad techs slam ‘inequitable’ Louisiana tax law; Missouri, Pennsylvania boost breast imaging coverage

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists criticized the new policy for failing to include its members along with radiation therapists. 

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Radiologist spearheads pilot allowing COVID patients to talk with relatives via walkie-talkie

Weill Cornell Medicine's Marc Schiffman, MD, and a colleague came up with the idea after finding that video chats were too depressing for families and time-consuming for nurses. 

98% of health execs expect COVID crisis to end—but when?

Most C-level leaders working in healthcare believe the COVID-19 crisis will come to a close. However, they’re sharply divided over timing.