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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Provider, payor ally to drive accountable care into central Pa.

Two healthcare organizations serving central Pennsylvaniaa provider and a payorare teaming up to form what they are calling an Accountable Care Arrangement (ACA). According to a joint release from PinnacleHealth and Capital BlueCross, the alliance will work to decrease utilization of acute-care services.

NEJM: Release your inner health IT productivity

A perspective article published in the June 14 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine set out to explain the IT productivity paradox and its relation to the rise of health IT implementations.

Study: HIE use curbs unnecessary head CTs in the ED

Making patient records available in the emergency department (ED) through a health information exchange (HIE) could boost adherence to guidelines and reduce unnecessary CT and MRI exams among patients who present to the ED with chronic headache, according to a study published online May 31 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. However, the study reported HIE use did not reduce costs.

Health Affairs: U.S. healthcare spending to grow 5.7% yearly through 2021

Between 2011 and 2013, U.S. healthcare spending is projected to grow at least 4 percent, on averageslightly above the historically low growth rate of 3.8 percent in 2009, according to an article published June 12 in Health Affairs.

Leapfrog grades hospitals for safety, deflects criticisms

The Leapfrog Group is now to hospitals as a teacher is to studentsat least in the age-old educators duty of grading exams from A for outstanding to F for failing. The Washington, D.C.-based healthcare-quality watchdog launched its hospital report-card system, the Hospital Safety Score, June 6 to show healthcare consumers how their local hospitals measure up on various criteria for safety.

11 providers to share data on 1.1M patients for diabetes registry

Eleven integrated health systems have combined de-identified data from their EHRs to form a private-sector diabetes registry.

PwC: Healthcare spending growth slow for 4th year

Growth in healthcare spending in the U.S. has slowed considerably since 2009, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers's Health Research Institute. The organization projects medical costs will increase 7.5 percent for 2013, the fourth year in a row of relatively flat growth.

George Washington launches legal website on health data

George Washington Universitys Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program in Washington, D.C., has launched an online resource, Health Information and the Law.

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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.