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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Seizing opportunities in big data

BOSTON—Healthcare data are diverse, and range from claims to EMR data to genomic, lab, imaging and continuous physiological data. How to deploy big data analytics in healthcare and successfully move technology into practice is on the mind of Suchi Saria, assistant professor in computer science at Johns Hopkins University, who spoke at the Big Data Healthcare Analytics Forum on Nov. 21.

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A call for healthcare systems engineering

BOSTON--“Healthcare is a mess” and the industry sorely needs more systems engineering to bolster patient and provider safety, said Jeanne Huddleston, MD, medical director of the health systems engineering program at the Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, at the Big Data Healthcare Analytics Forum on Nov. 21.

Burwell calls for transparency following enrollment data error

Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell is calling for “a culture of increased transparency” after Affordable Care Act enrollment data accidentally were inflated with dental plan customers, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.

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Private oncologists forced to sell, close their practices

Private oncologists are being forced to sell or close their practices because insurers have severely reduced payments to them and because the drugs they prescribe patients are now so expensive, reports The New York Times.

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Predictions lead to better prevention

BOSTON—On any given day, 1 in 25 hospital patients has a hospital-acquired infection and more than 750,000 of those infections are preventable, said Todd Schlesinger, vice president of business development for Jvion, speaking at the Big Data Healthcare Analytics Forum.

HealthSouth Corp. to buy EHHI for $750M

Alabama-based HealthSouth Corp., the largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S., has entered an agreement to purchase EHHI Holdings Inc. of Dallas, Texas for about $750 million, reports Arkansas Business.

Obama sued by House Republicans over ACA

Republications in the House of Representatives have filed a lawsuit against President Obama over the Affordable Care Act, reports Los Angeles Times.

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Healthcare should embrace imitation, not innovation

Healthcare should focus more on imitation and less on innovation, according to an article published in Harvard Business Review.

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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.

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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.