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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Google Cloud inks deal to help U.S. military improve cancer care with AI, augmented reality solutions

The new project includes, among other things, key detection models and augmented reality microscopes. 

TeraRecon Launches Intuition Subscription with Included Eureka AI Platform

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TeraRecon launches new Intuition Titanium suite, a new inclusive subscription offering that includes a robust set of enterprise AI capabilities.

AMA wants more FDA transparency, physician involvement during COVID vaccine development

The lobbying group said it's beginning to receive more questions and concerns from members about the administration's rapid process.

Getting acquired by private equity bolsters hospitals’ bottom line, quality status

Comparing the financials of more than 200 private equity-acquired hospitals with those of more than 500 matched controls, Harvard researchers have found Big Money’s backing translates into bigger income.

Google takes $100M plunge into telehealth

Google Cloud is injecting $100 million into a supplier of telehealth platforms, partly to build out AI systems for helping hospitals remotely handle patient inquiries, intake and triage.

How deeply involved should physicians be in America’s social struggles?

Stepping into the fray on broad societal issues “takes physicians into realms where they have no expertise—and thus risks eroding public trust in the medical profession,” a distinguished physician suggests.

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Analysis: $1.4B could have gone to better uses than discarded Medicare drugs

The authors suggest requiring drugmakers, hospitals and doctors to refund CMS and/or making pharma companies right-size drug containers.

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Almost half of physicians believe the COVID crisis won’t cool off until June 2021

That’s according to the latest every-other-year survey out of the Physicians Foundation, released Tuesday. 

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Cardiovascular devices are more likely to be in a Class I recall than any other device type. The FDA's approval process appears to be at least partially responsible, though the agency is working to make some serious changes. We spoke to a researcher who has been tracking these data for years to learn more. 

Updated compensation data includes good news for multiple subspecialties. The new report also examines private equity's impact on employment models and how much male cardiologists earn compared to females.

When drugs are on the FDA’s shortage list, outsourcing facilities can produce their own compounded versions. When the FDA removed tirzepatide from that list with no warning, it created a considerable amount of chaos both behind the scenes and in pharmacies all over the country. 

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