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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Leading Big Data Healthcare Analytics Company GNS Healthcare Secures Funding to Support Major Market Expansion

GNS Healthcare, a leading provider of big data analytics products and services in healthcare, today announced the completion of a $10M Series B financing. Cambia Health Solutions, a Series A investor, was joined in the round by two additional strategic investors: California's Heritage Provider Network, and Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. ("Mitsui USA"). This round of financing will be used to expand GNS Healthcare's successful data analytics business across the healthcare industry.

CHS Completes Acquisition of HMA for $3.9 Billion

With the addition of the 71 hospitals operated by Health Management Associates (HMA), Community Health Systems (CHS) becomes the largest hospital chain in the country, public or private, by number of facilities.

Draft legislation would overhaul federal IT procurement process

Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) have introduced draft legislation to create a new office in the White House to review and guide major IT projects while working to allow more small businesses to bid for federal contracts, reports The Hill.

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Educating Tomorrow’s Informaticists

Educators are developing programs designed to meet the needs of future informatics professionals.

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Older breast cancer survivors share same CVD risk as healthy women

Older long-term breast cancer survivors, initially diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, have a cardiovascular disease risk comparable to otherwise healthy women of similar ages, according to a study appearing in American Journal of Managed Care.

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Halamka shares advice for ONC's DeSalvo

John Halamka, MD, health IT thought leader and CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, has some advice for the new national coordinator of health IT.

N.Y. budget proposal includes $1.2B for health infrastructure

N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $142.1 billion budget proposal unveiled last week includes a $1.2 billion capital program to support health facilities.

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ONC Annual Meeting: Patient engagement dissected

The ingredients of patient engagement include a strong collaboration with providers, patient access to their digital records and interoperable health IT tools that make data actionable, according to speakers participating in a panel discussion at the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT’s annual meeting on Jan. 23.

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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.