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.

Outcomes Based Healthcare and Big Data Partnership Secure Grant for a £1m Project to Use Big Data to Predict Complications of Diabetes

 LONDON, December 9, 2014--Outcomes Based Healthcare, one of the UK's leading health outcomes advisory and technology companies and Big Data Partnership, big data service provider across all industries, today announced that they have secured a match-funded grant for a £1m project from Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency (formerly the Technology Strategy Board) for a 'Digital Health in a Connected Hospital' funding call. 

Welch Allyn acquires HealthInterlink

Welch Allyn, a leading medical diagnostic device company, has acquired Omaha-based telehealth company HealthInterlink, according to a press release.

Becker's Hospital Review names 50 most powerful people in healthcare

Becker's Hospital Review has named its top "most powerful" people in healthcare for 2015. 

Federal Health IT Strategic Plan unveiled

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has published the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2015-2020, updating the original 2011 version, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology. 

To save healthcare costs, Arizona county considers not hiring smokers

Pima County in Arizona is considering whether to no longer hire smokers and put a price on workers who do smoke, reports The Sacramento Bee.

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Federal contractors finding work in healthcare, not war

Diminishing wars and a drop in defense spending are spurring federal contractors to expand their businesses related to healthcare, reports The Washington Post. 

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$400K settlement reached in Mo. medical records case

Kansas City-based Midwest Women’s Health Specialists has reached a settlement with 1,500 of its clients after their personal medical records were blown by winds across a neighborhood after disposal, reports KMBC.com.

Consumers take on larger share of healthcare costs

U.S. consumers are paying a larger portion of their healthcare costs, a shift that is contributing to slowed growth in spending by employers and the government, reports Wall Street Journal.

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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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