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.

Esteemed epidemiologist: ‘We must start treating immediately’ with hydroxychloroquine

Contrary to popular politicized opinion, hydroxychloroquine can be highly effective against COVID-19, according to a seasoned epidemiology professor at the Yale School of Public Health.

Provider orgs holding off on consolidation during the pandemic

The COVID crisis is affecting U.S. healthcare even at the level of high finance, suppressing merger and acquisition activity in the provider sector by almost 20% in 2020’s second quarter versus its first.

3 rays of light piercing the COVID darkness

There’s good news and bad news from the COVID-19 beat. For the bad news, look anywhere news is disseminated. For the good, start with this compact but formidable roundup.  

Living with the COVID crisis: Questions you’ve been waiting to ask of an expert

What are the odds of getting exposed to COVID-19 at a supermarket versus at a restaurant seating customers at every other table? The consensus answer from numerous authoritative voices may surprise you.

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Hospitals, nurses and docs urge Senate leaders to earmark funds for disparities in COVID care

CEOs with the American Hospital Association, American Medical Association and American Nurses Association underscored the pandemic’s outsized impact on people of color in a letter to lawmakers sent Friday. 

98% of health execs expect COVID crisis to end—but when?

Most C-level leaders working in healthcare believe the COVID-19 crisis will come to a close. However, they’re sharply divided over timing.  

Where does your state place on hospital safety?

Maine has topped all states in two separate five-year categories of hospital safety—percentage of “A” grade hospitals (57.1%) and average annual placement in these rankings (3.63). How did your state do?

Nearly 95% of women physicians sacrifice personal time for work

Medscape surveyed 3,003 women physicians in March and April with questions suggested by a panel of women physicians. The theme was “issues you care about.” Here are some highlights in the findings, released July 15.

Around the web

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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