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.

Artificial intelligence can help make breast cancer screening mammography more accurate.

Hologic, university settle lawsuit alleging radiology vendor infringed on mammography patent

The case dates to March 2020, when the University of South Florida Foundation filed suit against the Marlborough, Massachusetts-based company, which later countersued. 

April 12, 2024
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RadNet acquiring 6 imaging centers, adding $15M in annual revenue

American Health Imaging, a partner with the larger private equity-backed US Radiology Specialists, is selling the locations. 

April 11, 2024
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Radiology provider MedQuest Associates names IR specialist as new chief clinical and innovation officer

Aalpen Patel, MD, MBA, joined the Georgia-based imaging center operator in March, vacating his post as a practicing physician with Geisinger Health System. 

April 11, 2024
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Practice must pay $14M after table collapses under patient during imaging exam, jury rules

The original inciting incident occurred in July 2014, when 58-year-old James Griswold visited the Connecticut provider group for a nuclear stress imaging test. 

April 11, 2024
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Small practices left vulnerable after Change Healthcare cyberattack, with some considering bankruptcy

"These survey data show, in stark terms, that practices will close because of this incident," said AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD.

 

April 11, 2024
Artificial intelligence

Semiautonomous AI shows potential to reduce false positives, unnecessary procedures and medical expenses

Scientists developed the deep learning algorithm using a set of over 123,000 digital mammograms (including 6,100-plus cancer cases). 

April 11, 2024
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‘Legal looting’: Watchdog highlights markets most impacted by private equity’s growing reach in radiology, other specialties

The Private Equity Stakeholder Project’s new State Risk Index is calculated based on 16 unique indicators. 

April 10, 2024
CDC centers for disease control at HIMSS 2023.

CDC sounds the alarm on key factor keeping women from undergoing mammography

The new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study included over 117,000 women with many unable to make their appointment for varying reasons. 

April 10, 2024

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"This was an unneeded burden, which was solely adding to the administrative hassles of medicine," said American Society of Nuclear Cardiology President Larry Phillips.

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

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