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.

5 signals EMS is ripe and ready for AI
Emergency medical services are there when you need them. Yet they barely come up in healthcare strategy discussions. AI could help change that.
Abbott warns EP labs the tip can detach from its TactiFlex ablation catheters
Improper removal of the catheter from the packaging can result in tip damage. Most damaged tips were detected prior to being used, but three tips did separate inside patients.
ACC: Global health workforce is in need of investment to combat noncommunicable diseases
The American College of Cardiology has committed to reducing morbidity and mortality from noncommunicable diseases by 30% by 2030, but significant investments will be needed to expand the healthcare workforce.
Radiologists and other docs express growing frustration with Merit-based Incentive Payment System
Over 30 medical societies including the American College of Radiology recently wrote to CMS Administrator Mehmet C. Oz, MD, MBA, to voice their concerns.
Common reasons why a radiology department rejects requests for diagnostic imaging
Breast imaging exams are about five times likelier to be canceled than other scan types, while contrast enhanced and ED-related requests were about twice as likely.

How radiologists can avoid becoming a ‘ghost in a dark room,' take ownership of patients

This entails assuming responsibility for each individual, avoiding excuses and resolving to make things right, ACR President Debra Monticciolo, MD, shared in recent remarks.

RSNA doling out more than $4M in new grants to dozens of researchers

Altogether, the society's Research and Education Foundation is supporting 93 projects across 47 different institutions, officials announced Tuesday.

Community radiology practices suffer sizable imaging volume declines, with breast imaging hit hardest

That’s according to a new analysis of imaging data from nine such providers located across the country, published in JACR.

RapidAI receives ‘groundbreaking’ FDA clearance for its neuroimaging stroke platform

The system, known as Aspects, is the first neuroimaging solution in the FDA’s computer-assisted diagnostic software category to receive this designation.

Endologix announces bankruptcy, company-wide reorganization due to pandemic-related challenges

Endologix, an Irvine, California-based healthcare company focused on aortic disorders, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and finalized a “consensual plan of reorganization."

Physicians ask American Board of Radiology for greater lactation leeway when taking exams

Leaders with the American Association of Women in Radiology made their plea in an editorial published in Clinical Imaging.

Should hospitals pay physician leaders for their extra work? And 3 more questions on the subject

Physicians who spend time on leadership duties increasingly expect to be compensated for performing these “above and beyond” tasks.

‘Action is urgently needed’ to spread cancer imaging know-how outside of top institutions, experts say

Trends in Medicare data also highlight the need to bolster radiologists’ adherence to evidence-based guidelines, scientists wrote in JACR.

Management

5 signals EMS is ripe and ready for AI

Abbott warns EP labs the tip can detach from its TactiFlex ablation catheters

ACC: Global health workforce is in need of investment to combat noncommunicable diseases

Radiologists and other docs express growing frustration with Merit-based Incentive Payment System

Common reasons why a radiology department rejects requests for diagnostic imaging