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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JAMIA: Duke unlocks cohort identification potential

Complementary approaches are needed to harness both retrospective and real-time data to identify potential study recruits and alert appropriate staff, according to an article published in an online article in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

Verizon, Duke to tackle health IT efforts as one

Communications company Verizon and Duke University have formed a strategic agreement to jointly develop health IT initiatives to attempt to drive better care, expand access and lower costs.

Stanford to defend itself against class action suit on data breach

A purported class action lawsuit was filed against Stanford Hospital & Clinics (SHC) and outside vendor Multi-Specialty Collection Services (MSCS) on grounds that MSCS caused some confidential information about patients who visited Stanford Hospitals emergency room to be posted on a website. SHC intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit that has been filed as it acted appropriately and did not violate the law as claimed in the lawsuit, an Oct. 3 statement from the Stanford, Calif.-based provider stated.

NEJM: Patient-centered gov't institute sets to raise healthcare bar

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has outlined the research organization's goals and mission in a perspective article in the New England Journal of Medicine, published Sept. 29.

NCQA kickstarts patient feedback program for medical home

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has recently developed the Distinction in Patient Experience Reporting program to help practices capture feedback through a newly developed Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) patient-centered medical home survey.

HIMSS creates ICD-10 readiness pilot, calls for vendor participation

The Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is calling for vendors to paricipate in a vendor-readiness project relating to ICD-10 compliance.

NQF names Kennedy VP for health IT

The National Quality Forum (NQF) has named Rosemary Kennedy, PhD, vice president for health IT. Kennedy joins NQF from Siemens Medical Solutions, where for seven years she was the chief nursing informatics officer.

Illinois pros form HIE, select Medicity for platform

Three hospital systems and three physician practices in central Illinois are moving toward making their vision of digitally exchanging patient information a reality by forming the Lincoln Land Health Information Exchange.

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Cardiovascular Business
FDA says years-long tirzepatide shortage is resolved, will give limited leeway to compounders

The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.

AI in Healthcare
From Capitol Hill to a hospital near you? 5 federal recommendations for healthcare AI policy

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks. 

Cardiovascular Business
Merck spends up to $2B to license new weight loss drug with potential heart benefits

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met.