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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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AR: Current imaging cost-utility analyses offer incomplete picture

In recent years, there has been great demand to prove the value of health imaging though published cost-utility analyses, but while these studies generally focus on the impact of interventions in terms of quality-adjusted life-years, they often overlook the intrinsic value of imaging unrelated to treatment, according to an article published in the May issue of Academic Radiology.

ARRS: Digital breast tomosynthesis slashes recall rates 40 percent

Adding digital breast tomosynthesis to 2D mammography screening results in a 40 percent reduction in patient recall rates compared to routine screening mammography alone, according to a study presented May 3 at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) in Vancouver.

ARRS: Spine CT inappropriate for some indications

Patients who present to the emergency department following simple assault or ground-level fall do not require cervical spine CT, unless the patient has a condition that predisposes the patient to spine fracture, according to a study presented May 3 at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) in Vancouver.

Eckert & Ziegler install cyclotron in Poland

Eckert & Ziegler has begun construction of a production facility for cyclotron-based PET radiopharmaceuticals in Warsaw, Poland.

Leapfrog: CPOE catches 52% of errors, but challenges remain

As U.S. hospitals rush to adopt new health IT systems, such as computerized medication ordering, the potential for these advances to inadvertently result in harm to patients remains a major challenge for hospitals and technology companies, according to market research firm, Leapfrog Group.

Guidelines for mild TBI could cut CT exams 20%, but docs unprepared

The gap between evidence and practice in the use of head CTs to assess patients with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the emergency department is wide and might be mitigated by comprehensive strategies to integrate evidence-based medicine into resident education, according to a perspective published online April 30 in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Partners R&D group launches CDS survey

The Clinical Informatics Research and Development (R&D) group at Partners HealthCare Systems in Boston is conducting a clinical decision support (CDS) survey to assess opinions on the state of current and future CDS.

Sinking Reimbursement: A Survivors Guide

What started as a relative trickle of reimbursement cuts in the early part of the decade has expanded into a deluge in the last 18 months.

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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.