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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Precision Advisors Digital Trends Study: Less Than Half of Managed Care Organizations Have Access to Electronic Medical Records Data

NEW YORK, May 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Precision Advisors (www.precisionadvisors.com), a Precision for Medicine Company, announced the findings from its 2015 Digital Trends Study of 145 managed care executives. The study concludes that decision makers are aware of the concepts of big data and predictive analytics, but are not equipped to fully implement them. 

Introducing Health Catalyst Academy: An Innovative Approach for Accelerating Outcomes Improvement

SALT LAKE CITY, May 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Catalyst, a leader in healthcare data warehousing and analytics, today launched Health Catalyst Academy, an immersive educational offering designed to help health systems build the internal capacity to exponentially improve their clinical quality and operational efficiency. 

EHR model identifies high-risk readmission

EHRs can help predict which inpatients are at high risk for readmission in real time, according to a study published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 

EHNAC creating data registry accreditation program

The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission is developing an accreditation program for data registries to ensure that these entities meet the privacy and security obligations expected of all large-scale handlers of protected health information. 

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New ‘trigger tool’ scans EMRs for harms in pediatric hospitals

Patients are harmed at troublingly high rates in hospitals, as evidenced by Medicare’s penalizing of one out of every seven in the current fiscal year. Adding to the worry, hospitals caring for children fare no better on this score than their adult counterparts. So six pediatric hospitals have combined forces to develop and test a new “trigger tool” that retrospectively scans pediatric patients’ EMRs for signs of medical errors.

Xerox acquires Healthy Communities Institute, leader in cloud-based public health data

Xerox (NYSE: XRX) today announced its acquisition of Healthy Communities Institute (HCI), a Berkeley, Calif.-based company with a leading cloud platform that puts socioeconomic and community health information at the fingertips of hospitals, public health agencies and community coalitions. 

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Care-coordination market poised for notable growth

If Frost & Sullivan has it right, care-coordination software is soon to start selling like hot cakes.

CMS approves Alpha II as a 2015 PQRS registry

Alpha II, LLC, a leading developer of software platforms, software as a service and publications that support the healthcare revenue cycle, announced today that it has been qualified by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Registry for the 2015 PQRS program year. 

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Cardiovascular Business
FDA says years-long tirzepatide shortage is resolved, will give limited leeway to compounders

The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.

AI in Healthcare
From Capitol Hill to a hospital near you? 5 federal recommendations for healthcare AI policy

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks. 

Cardiovascular Business
Merck spends up to $2B to license new weight loss drug with potential heart benefits

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met.