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.

Clinicians want AI to show its work
Providers are more likely to trust AI when they understand how it arrives at its conclusions.
Experts update AUC for amyloid, tau PET imaging for first time in more than a decade
The new appropriate use criteria define 17 specific clinical scenarios, guiding providers on situations when amyloid or tau imaging are and are not appropriate.
Female representation in interventional radiology still lagging behind other specialties
The number of female IR trainees has been on the rise for years, but this growth is slow in comparison to other medical professions.
FDA seeking nominations for mammography advisory committee
The National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee provides guidance and recommendations related to the standards by which facilities are regulated.
Multidose contrast injectors could increase waste in some radiology departments
These findings are important from both environmental and operational standpoints, authors of a new Academic Radiology paper point out.

HHS lures primary care providers with $9M

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the National Health Service Corps has awarded $9.1 million to students in 30 states who are preparing to become primary care providers.

February 14, 2012

Wisconsin rad loses appeal in drug distribution case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has affirmed the conviction of Roger A. Pellmann, MD, who distributed a controlled substance while a practicing radiologist in Wisconsin.

February 13, 2012

Report offers improvements for PAC, LTC coordination

At the request of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Measure Applications Partnership (MAP), a public-private, multi-stakeholder group of healthcare leaders convened by the National Quality Forum, has submitted its recommendations on the improvement and coordination of care by post-acute care (PAC) and long-term care (LTC) providers.

February 7, 2012

Denmark taps InterSystems for nationwide HIE

The Denmark National Board of e-Health, which operates within the Ministry of Health, has selected health IT vendor InterSystems HealthShare to provide and implement software that will support the national health information exchange (HIE).

February 4, 2012

Vascular, interventional rad society becomes ARRT education designee

The Association of Vascular and Interventional Radiographers (AVIR) has been designated a Recognized Continuing Education Evaluation Mechanism Plus by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).

February 3, 2012

Texas medical center to go with McKesson PACS

St. Marks Medical Center in LaGrange, Texas, has selected McKessons Horizon Medical Imaging PACS to replace its legacy system.

February 2, 2012

ICW to build master patient index for Blue Cross

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City in Missouri selected InterComponentWare (ICW) to implement an enterprise master patient index.

February 2, 2012

Kansas City practice taps Carestream for PACS

Encompass Medical Group in Kansas City, Mo., has selected Carestream Vue PACS to support imaging at its eight locations.

February 1, 2012

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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.

Management

Clinicians want AI to show its work

Experts update AUC for amyloid, tau PET imaging for first time in more than a decade

Female representation in interventional radiology still lagging behind other specialties

FDA seeking nominations for mammography advisory committee

Multidose contrast injectors could increase waste in some radiology departments

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