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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Vaping THC produces a pattern of ground glass opacities

Acute pulmonary injuries caused by vaped cannabinoid oils seem to have a predictable radiographic pattern on chest CT. 

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Trump will hold meeting on vaping

President Trump plans to hold a meeting with officials from the e-cigarette industry and medical field amid an epidemic of vaping-related illnesses and deaths, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Genesis Therapeutics raises $4.1M to ramp up drug development

Genesis Therapeutics, a San Francisco-based biotech company focused on AI technology, announced it has raised $4.1 million in seed funding.

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Reducing patients’ stress when wearing masks for head and neck cancer screenings: 3 tips

Requiring head and neck cancer patients to wear masks during treatment can cause significant anxiety, which can also spread to radiology staffers taking part in treatment. 

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Patient outcomes are similar across hospital profiles

Patient outcomes don’t differ significantly across high- or low-cost hospitals, according to a study from Harvard and Yale researchers published in JAMA Network Open.

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Turning Good Ideas Into Outstanding Advancements: Winners of the 2019 Imaging Innovation Awards

Sponsored by Intelerad

This year’s competition brought out the best in a strong field. All entrants developed notably original breakthroughs in various aspects of medical imaging. And the winners never lost sight of the ultimate point of all the extra effort: improving patient care while increasing efficiencies and, wherever possible, cutting or at least containing costs. Now meet the best of the best. 

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CVD deaths highest in counties hit hardest by the economic recession

American counties hit hardest by the Great Recession saw a sharp increase in deaths from CVD and stroke that wasn’t mirrored in communities that experienced less economic distress, according to a new study.

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CDC updates diagnostic criteria for vaping-related lung disease as AMA calls for ban on products

The update arrives to coincide with flu season, when providers will start seeing increasing cases of respiratory illnesses.