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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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Arkansas provider unearths breach affecting 7K rad patients

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has discovered a breach of patient information, which resulted when a document sent to an individual outside of UAMS for analysis of billing charges was not properly de-identified.

JACC: Pelvic lead shielding reduces operator rad dose

The use of pelvic lead shielding during cardiac catheterization significantly reduces operator radiation dose, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions. Operators who use pelvic lead shielding can perform four times as many femoral cases or twice as many radial cases with the same radiation exposure.

Report: How to introduce productivity, value into U.S. healthcare

Cost trends in U.S. healthcare consistently increase at about 2.5 percentage points faster than the general rate of inflation clearly an unsustainable rate, according to an April report from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

PwC: Hospitals should connect social media to business strategy

Social media is changing the nature of healthcare interaction, and health organizations that ignore this virtual environment may be missing opportunities to engage consumers, according to a new report by the Health Research Institute at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) U.S.

HA: Theres no I.O.U. in teamreimbursements spur quality measurement

Oncology providers and payors can be brought together in a large, statewide consortium to effectively measure quality and improve care, so long as the cost burden of quality improvement initiatives are borne by payors in the group, according to two articles published in the April issue of Health Affairs.

Former Conn. radiologist gets reprimand, probation stemming from patients death

The Connecticut state Medical Examining Board sanctioned Michael Waldman, MD, a former New Milford Hospital radiologist, on Tuesday, according to a Danbury News-Times report.

JAMA: Patient engagement in the DNA of new research institute

Greater involvement of patients, clinicians and others in the healthcare community in developing clinical comparative effectiveness research (CER) studies could reduce clinical uncertainty, speed adoption of meaningful findings and make such studies more useful in clinical decision-making, according to an article published in the April 18 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

iPad brings advanced visualization to the OR

Fovia Medical and Teikyo University School of Medicine have partnered to bring volume rendering on the iPad to the operating room.

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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.