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.
ACR Assess-AI national data registry tracks performance of clinical algorithms
Christoph Wald, MD, vice chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors, explains how the new Assess-AI National Radiology Data Registry is designed to help monitor accuracy and other metrics for radiology artificial intelligence.
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.

Mo. medical center signs Wolters Kluwer for order sets

Ozarks Medical Center, a 114-bed facility in West Plains, Mo. has selected Wolters Kluwer Healths ProVation Order Sets as the hospitals electronic order set tool.

March 28, 2011

Utah passes RA licensure bill

Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert has signed House Bill 238 into law, making Utah the 29th state to license, regulate or recognize the radiologist assistant (RA) as a member of the radiology healthcare team.

March 26, 2011

Fla. health system enlists Medicity for HIE

BayCare Health System, a 10-hospital health system in Tampa Bay, Fla., has selected Medicitys HIE tools to assist in providing healthcare and enable a community-wide HIE.

March 25, 2011

InSightout of bankruptcy

InSight Imaging and its subsidiaries have emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, marking the elimination of nearly $300 million worth of debt and prepackaged corporate restructuring.

March 24, 2011

U.S. sees surge in ultrasound sales

The U.S. compact ultrasound market saw a spike in sales in 2010, growing by 21 percent over the previous year and reaching a total value of $276 million, according to a report published by Harvey Klein, PhD, president of Klein Biomedical Consultants.

March 23, 2011

Siemens helps to upgrade Sanford's hybrid OR

Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., will upgrade its current hybrid operating room with the Siemens Healthcare's Artis Zeego angiography system.

March 23, 2011

Given Imaging wins capsule endoscopy patent suit

The Regional Court in Duesseldorf, Germany, has ruled that the MiroCam capsule endoscopy system manufactured by IntroMedic of South Korea infringes two patents held by Given Imaging.

March 23, 2011

Survey: 'Silent treatment' thwarts safety tools

The healthcare community has invested in myriad systems to make care safer, such as handoff protocols, checklists and computerized provider order entry systems. However, healthcare professionals still make calculated decisions daily to not alert their colleagues when a safety tool signals potential harm to a patient, according to a study of 6,500 nurses and nurse managers released this week .

March 23, 2011

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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

ACR Assess-AI national data registry tracks performance of clinical algorithms

FDA seeking nominations for mammography advisory committee

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