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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NEJM: Radiologists face lower malpractice risk than colleagues

Diagnostic radiologists faced slightly fewer malpractice claims per year than did physicians as a whole, according to a study in the Aug. 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Neurosurgeons had the highest percentage, with 19.1 percent facing a claim annually.

Aspyra updates AccessNET PACS

Aspyra has released AccessNET version 6.7.0 PACS, which integrates with Radar for Critical Test Results Management (CTRM) and Message Minder for automated reminders.

Symposium to discuss nanotechnology's contribution to theragnostics

As part of a $4.5 million, nine-year effort to employ molecular imaging and nanotechnology in developing theragnosissimultaneous diagnostics and therapeuticspartnering research teams from Purdue Universitys Discovery Park and the Korean Institute of Science and Technology will hold a daylong symposium, Sept. 6, in West Lafayette, Ind.

VMware certifies GNAX Health

VMware has designated GNAX Health as a vCloud Powered Services provider.

BMJ: Predictive model forecasts survival in those with advanced cancer

A prognostic model designed for use in patients with advanced cancer bested clinicians estimates of survival and performed in an array of patients and circumstances, according to a study published online Aug. 25 in British Medical Journal.

ACOs may better coordinate care among providers, insurers

Much of the U.S. healthcare debate is focused on improving patient care and reducing costs. While these objectives arent mutually exclusive, success requires change from its current fee-for-service model, which revolves around individual treatments, to a holistic approach that measures patients overall health, wellness and quality of care. Boston-based L.E.K Consulting offers steps for creating an accountable care organization (ACO) in a recent white paper.

Survey: Disparity in point-of-service collections and back-end recovery

A recent survey of more than 300 financial managers in healthcare found that 70 percent of respondents collected less than 30 percent of their payments at the point of service and almost half collected less than 15 percent of payments prior to service. The survey was designed by the credit bureau TransUnion and distributed to attendees of the Healthcare Financial Management Associations (HFMA) annual conference in June.

Stamford Hospital adopts SmartRoom

Stamford Hospital, a 305-bed teaching facility in Stamford, Conn., will soon provide SmartRoom technology in every patient 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.