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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Circ: Hospitals that perform more, spend more

Hospitals that put patients under the knife more frequently see higher overall costs, according to a study published online May 10 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. The researchers identified intensity of tests, medication use and services as some of the culprits and said that there may be room for improvement in these hospitals to reduce the use of these modalities and cut costs.

Las Vegas imaging center debuts Toshiba 160-slice CT

Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging Center in Las Vegas has installed Aquilion Prime 160 series from Toshiba America Medical Systems.

Sectra XDS-based network now region-wide in Northern Ireland

Using Sectra XDS framework, Sectra PACS has been extended to each hospital in Northern Ireland.

Ind.-based rad group selects uniRAD system to coordinate workflow

Radiologic Associates of Northwest Indiana (RANI), a radiology group based in Valparaiso, Ind., has installed the uniRAD Global Worklist system from eRAD, a division of RadNet.

Lutheran HealthCare taps Merge for enterprise imaging

Merge Healthcare has been selected to provide an enterprise-wide imaging platform for Brooklyn-based Lutheran HealthCare.

Public health key to improved cancer screening

Public health infrastructure should be leveraged and bolstered to improve current cancer screening rates and develop a comprehensive national approach to cancer control, according to an editorial published online May 9 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

ASRT updates continuing education services

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has made some changes to its continuing education Request for Approval packet and services, including revising the fee schedule, adding new approval options and improving customer service features.

3M interfaces with coding tool from M*Modal

Clinical documentation service provider M*Modal has entered into a software interface license agreement with 3M Health Information Systems.

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Radiology Business
The biggest obstacles facing radiology business managers in 2025

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Cardiovascular Business
New cardiac prevention paradigm explored in TRANSFORM trial using AI and CCTA

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

Cardiovascular Business
Cardiology practices pay $17.7M to settle fraud allegations brought on by whistleblowers

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.