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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Joint Commission to offer medical home accreditation

The Joint Commission will offer primary care medical home (PCMH) accreditation for ambulatory care organizations beginning in July 2011.

JAMIA: Data mining could improve drug safety

Medical data mining proves helpful for predicting adverse drug events, according to a study in the May edition of Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

ONC offers competency exams for health IT pros

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has released its six initial Health Information Technology Professionals Examinations, intended to identify highly skilled health IT experts.

PwC: Medical costs to increase 8.5 percent in 2012

Healthcare costs are expected to rise by 8.5 percent in 2012, compared with an increase of 8 percent in 2011, according to a report on medical cost trends published by PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute.

Kalorama: EMR usability affects loyalty

When you think of EMRs, you dont normally think of font size. However, a report from Kalorama Information showed that font size, frame size and the number of keystrokes needed for data entry can mean the difference in whether hospitals and physicians readily adopt an EMR.

Mostashari: Beacon nation will propel care

National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, speaking at the Beacon Community programs first-year anniversary, said he was not just speaking to the Beacon Communities in the room, "but also to all the folks out there who might say Im doing that too. I should be talking about what Im doing. Its not just our 17 Beacon Communities. Theres a whole nation of Beacons out there doing this work.

Beacon Communities share a year of experience

A lot can happen in a year, according to Beacon Community panelists at a May 17 event IT in an Era of Accountable Care Organizations: Update from the Beacon Communities, presented by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C.

CMS to accept applications for Pioneer ACOs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will begin accepting applications for its accountable care organization (ACO) test model. According to a notice filed May 17, which will be published in the Federal Register on May 20, the CMS will request applications for organizations to participate in the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization Model for a five- to six-year period, starting in the third or fourth quarter of 2011. 

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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.