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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CT scans change treatment plans in ER patients with suspected appendicitis

CT scans change the initial treatment plans of emergency physicians inmore than one-quarter of patients with suspected appendicitis,according to a study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Aurora notches dual deployment in Atlanta

Dedicated breast MRI system technology developer Aurora Imaging Technology has placed the second of its 1.5-Tesla breast MRI systems at Breast Care Specialists of Atlanta.

Breast MRI could determine need for radiation therapy

BOSTONFor patients whose breast cancer has spread to their lymphnodes, a MRI scan could replace exploratory surgery as the preferredmethod for determining whether radiation therapy is necessary to treattheir disease, according to a study to be presented Sunday at the 50thannual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology andOncology (ASTRO).

Time Medical releases new HTS MRI coil

Scientists from Columbia University, Harvard Medical School and the University of Hong Kong have created a high temperature superconductor (HTS) coil for MRI systems.

3D MRI technique helps detect high-risk carotid disease

Canadian researchers have used 3D MRI to accurately detect bleeding within the walls of diseased carotid arteries, suggesting the technique may prove to be a useful screening tool for patients at high risk for stroke, according to a study published in the October issue of Radiology.

MRI bests CT in identifying soft-tissue inner ear defects in children

Using MRI, physicians can identify soft-tissue defects that contribute to hearing loss in children, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery.

GE, Varian to develop pre-clinical 7T MRI system

GE Healthcare and Varian will begin a collaboration to develop a new pre-clinical 7T MRI system.

MRI offers new marker for raised intracranial pressure

MRI measurements of the thickness of the optic nerve sheath are a goodmarker for raised intracranial pressure (ICP), according to researchpublished Thursday in BioMed Central’s open-access journal Critical Care.

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