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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'Huge improvement': Redesigned cochlear implant allows safe, comfortable MRI in children

The revamped device also required patients to receive less sedation or anesthesia for their exam, according to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital researchers. 

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Radiology department IDs costly errors outside of interventional complications with new system

Interventional mishaps led to more significant patient harm, but diagnostic and organizational miscues must be accounted for as well, Dutch researches explained in the European Journal of Radiology.

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ACR: Congress should include delay of ‘controversial’ USPSTF breast cancer screening in final funding bill

Draft legislation recently passed by a House subcommittee ensures the recommendations would be pushed back until 2025.

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Revamped community health center payment model drops imaging use by 42%

Oregon piloted the Medicaid model in 2013, reimbursing providers on a fixed per-patient rate rather than traditional per-visit payments.

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Gadolinium debate rages on, with radiologist questioning recent GBCA liability guidance

A Rhode Island physician pushed back against a letter penned in JACR that suggested rads use gadoteridol as the default contrast in order to mitigate institutional liability risk.

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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.

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Peer-reviewed studies shared identical images, raising concerns over Chinese ‘paper mills’

Of the 121 papers attributed to hospitals and medical universities across nearly 50 Chinese cities, all shared at least one image, with many showing rotated or cropped cell colonies in an effort to appear unique.

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Radiologists should keep patients’ best interests in mind to mitigate gadolinium liability risk

Authors of a new opinion piece published in JACR recommend radiologists follow imaging society guidance and take a patient-centered approach to administering GBCAs.

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A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease. 

CCTA is being utilized more and more for the diagnosis and management of suspected coronary artery disease. An international group of specialists shared their perspective on this ongoing trend.

The new technology shows early potential to make a significant impact on imaging workflows and patient care.