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.

2 Utah hospitals take home patient safety awards

Two hospitals in Utah are among the facilities that received a 2016 Women’s Choice Award for patient safety. Jordan Valley Medical Center in West Jordan, Utah, and Jordan Valley Medical Center-West Valley Campus in West Valley Campus, Utah, announced earning the awards earlier today.

OpenPlacement and Ensocare Partner to Provide Patients Leaving Hospital with More Insight About Post-Acute Care Providers

(Omaha, NE) Ensocare, a leading provider of technology-enabled care coordination solutions, announced today that it has partnered with OpenPlacement to provide hospital patients nationwide the ability to use consumer tablet technology at their bedside to connect with post-acute care providers prior to being discharged.

CMS’s Conway in the national spotlight as two (or more) healthcare workers in one

If you’re familiar with the name Patrick H. Conway, MD, MSc, you probably know him as the chief medical officer of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and/or the lead administrator of CMS’s innovation center. But those are just his weekday jobs. 

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Detailed, ambitious healthcare-loan system proposed to aid financially overwhelmed patients

Three researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have put their heads together to produce and propose a detailed system for offering mortgage-like healthcare loans to hard-hit patients.

CMS to issue innovation project awards for QIOs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced two projects that focus on supporting and scaling quality improvement organizations.

CDC recognizes leaders in VTE prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recognized eight hospitals and healthcare systems as Healthcare-Associated Venous Thromboembolism (HA-VTE) Prevention Champions for their success in implementing innovative and effective ways to prevent venous thromboembolism in healthcare settings.

AHRQ names director of Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets

David Knutson, MS, has been named director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)’s Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets.

Florida Hospital DeLand names new CEO

Lorenzo Brown has been named the new CEO of Florida Hospital DeLand in DeLand, Fla. The move is effective May 1. 

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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. 

If passed, this bill would help clinician-led clinical registries explore Medicare data for research purposes. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American College of Cardiology both shared public support for the bipartisan legislation. 

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