• Cash Cow

    Is the healthcare bottom line en route to hitting rock bottom? Is the system bankrupt? Does the system still waste too much cash? Where is the real bottom line? Rising overheads, high staffing, supply and technology costs challenge current operating models. Are they outdated or are they becoming unsustainable? What could save the day? Adaptivity?...

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  • Alexandre Lourenço: New HealthManagement.org EXEC Editor-In-Chief

    HealthManagement.org is proud to welcome on board Alexandre Lourenço as our new EXEC Editor-in-Chief. Lourenço serves as President of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Managers, Board and Executive Committee member of the European Association of Hospital Managers (EAHM), Board Member of the European Health Management Association and Honorary...

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  • Leading Breast Radiologist Wins 2019 RSNA Accolade

    Prof. Fiona Gilbert is a leading light in the field of breast imaging with her contribution to the field being marked with Honorary Membership at Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago this December. Since her graduation from Glasgow University in 1978 she has built an illustrious career in the UK in multiple areas...

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  • How to Integrate AI into Radiology Workflow

    Summary: Where do the computer sciences have the potential to reduce radiologist burnout, reduce costs and make workflow more efficient and what are the first steps in implementing the technology? In the long-term future, I think that computers will take over the work of image interpretation from humans, just as computers...

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  • Multisociety AI Radiology Ethics Framework Announced

    Summary: With AI moving into radiology at lightning speed, international imaging and informatics societies have worked together to produce a paper on ethics guidance. The development of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology has prompted leading radiological societies in AI technology to issue a statement on a new ethical...

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  • Bridging the Radiologist Staffing Gap with New Training Initiative

    Summary: Across the world, there is a workforce crisis impacting breast disease management that is partly attributed to a shortage of radiologists. In the UK, a new credentialling programme seeks to tackle this through training more clinicians to become breast treatment experts. A new three-year accreditation programme, launched by the Royal...

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  • Revenue Cycle Management

    Summary: With the push to do more with less in healthcare, a majority of provider organisations are working with at least one firm to outsource some revenue cycle processes. A couple of years ago, I attended a revenue cycle leadership conference with about 300 attendees. Our hosts realised that we wouldn’t be able to cover every topic on the...

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  • Use Patient Safety to Improve Your Bottom Line

    Summary: A culture of safety not only protects the patient from harm but ensures an open, honest and high-quality healthcare system. W. Edward Deming dedicated much of his career studying and analysing various industries and found there are two general approaches to improving quality. In this case, improving patient safety and the quality...

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  • Medical Image Exchange in the Cloud: A More Efficient Way

    Summary: In the drive for patient engagement, what benefits does cloud computing have over delivery formats of imaging records widely used today? Medical imaging is an important element of most healthcare processes and contributes to accurate disease diagnosis and treatment. Medical imaging technology is advancing and improving every day and...

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  • The Role of EIT Health in Training the European Health Workforce

    Summary: EIT Health, a network organisation supported by the European Union, is addressing the impact technology is having on both healthcare employees and end user patients through innovative training that upskills the health workforce and improves patient care. EIT Health is a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) established...

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