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.

Keys for success in population health

What are the keys to population health management? Patient engagement and acting on available data, according to Hospitals & Health Networks.

HHS awards $36.3M to reward, expand quality at health centers

The Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to distribute $36.3 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 1,113 health centers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and seven U.S. territories to recognize health center quality improvement achievements and invest in ongoing quality improvement activities.

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. 

Around the web

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.

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. 

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.