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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AHA: ACOs may cost more than CMS realizes

Kickstarting an accountable care organization could cost more higher than the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services anticipates, according to a study prepared for the American Hospital Association. 

JAMA: Tele-ICUs associated with better outcomes

Intensive care units (ICUs) that implemented telemedicine intervention including offsite electronic monitoring of processes and detection of nonadherence to best practices had lower hospital and ICU mortality, lower rates of preventable complications and shorter hospital and ICU length of stay, according to a study published May 16 online in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

One year in, feds seek feedback on EHR program

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's (ONC) HIT Standards Committee Implementation Workgroup is gathering public comments from now through June 17 on the temporary EHR certification program that supports Stage 1 of the meaningful use program.

Survey: CIOs plan to spend more on health IT in 2011

More than 20 percent of hospital CIOs said they plan to significantly increase spending on IT in 2011, according to a survey from independent technology analyst Ovum.

meridianEHR selects CDW Healthcare for EHR support

CDW Healthcare has partnered with meridianEHR to be the preferred provider of IT infrastructure and services for meridianEMR tools.

HHS to grant $100M for community transformation

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has made more than $100 million available to fund as many as 75 Community Transformation Grants.

MedQuist nets Anthelio contract

MedQuist Holdings, a provider of integrated healthcare clinical documentation tools, has been awarded a contract by Anthelio Healthcare Solutions of Dallas, Texas to implement MedQuists speech recognition and clinical documentation platform DocQment Enterprise Platform (DEP) in eight of Anthelios clients hospitals across five states for use by its medical transcriptionists.

Mass. offers a REC success story

WORCESTER, Mass.There are 62 Regional Extension Centers (RECs) covering every state and several territories, providing educational outreach, vendor selection and support and implementation guidance for small practices, said Fadesola Adetosoye, MS, project officer of the REC program at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. But only one RECthe Massachusetts e-Health Institute (MeHI)has achieved its goal of enrolling 2,500 providers.

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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.