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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Less than one-third have conducted ICD-10 revenue impact testing

Just over a quarter (28 percent) of respondents of a survey about ICD-10 readiness have performed revenue impact testing, according to software testing firm QualiTest. 

Osheroff: Quality is a business imperative

CHICAGO—The move to value in healthcare creates new imperatives, said Jerome Osheroff, MD, principal of TMIT Consulting, speaking at the Quality Symposium held during the 2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition.

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Much room for data analytics growth in healthcare

Only 10 percent of providers surveyed are using advanced tools for data collection with analytics and predictive capabilities, according to findings from audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG. 

HIT jobs take longer to fill

Health informatics positions stay open longer than the national average posting, according to a study from Burning Glass Technologies, a Boston-based workforce technology and consulting firm. 

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Reliability, capacity and pace key to meeting core measures

CHICAGO—Lakeland HealthCare a Davies Award winner, strives toward perfection in all 79 core measures through “exemplary reliability, capacity and pace,” said Michael Getty, speaking during a session of the Quality Symposium held during the 2015 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition.

Identify value proposition for successful eCQMs

CHICAGO—Providers will support electronic clinical quality measures (eCQMs) if there is a value proposition, said Michael Zaroukian, MD, PhD, vice president and PhD, CMIO of Sparrow Health System, speaking at the Quality Symposium at the 2014 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition.

Capsule Debuts Early Warning Scoring System for SmartLinx Chart Xpress

ANDOVER, Mass., April 22, 2015 – (ANIA booth #401/403)—CapsuleTech today announced the release of its Early Warning Scoring System (EWSS) for its SmartLinx Chart Xpress® electronic charting solution, utilizing real-time vital sign data to provide clinical decision support at the bedside. Automated, simple-to-use and customizable, the new EWSS option for Chart Xpress analyzes patient data and identifies patterns consistent with patient deterioration that often occur hours in advance of a critical event. 

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FDA grant to determine drug safety through EHRs

The FDA is offering a grant to turn EHR data into usable figures highlighting postmarket risks of various drugs. 

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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.