Practice Management

Practice management involves overseeing all business aspects of a medical practice including financials, human resources, information technology, compliance, marketing and operations.

Oregon hospital buys IMRIS neurosurgical imaging system

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore., has purchased IMRIS’ neurosurgical imaging system, IMRISneuro.

Eclipsys to supply clinical, financial services to Premier

Eclipsys has signed an agreement to become a contracted supplier of itsSunrise Enterprise clinical and financial services for Premier, ahealthcare group purchasing organization.

The Insider's Primer: Taming the Workflow Beast

Workflow is the No. 1 challenge facing radiology departments andimaging centers focused on efficiency. Those that tame the workflowbeast can list numerous positive outcomes.

It's All in the Numbers

In healthcare IT, the best strategy starts with buying the righttechnology for your facility, its current needs and future growth.

The Top Jobs in IT: Earning Top-notch Dollars

We’re taking a closer look at the Top Ten Job Titles by number ofrespondents to gain insight into salaries as well as education levels,FTEs they supervise and the departments to which they report.

Diving Deeper: The Data Behind the Salary Survey

The Health Imaging & IT Healthcare IT Salary survey weconducted for this issue provides great insight into the salaries of IT professionals, but it goes beyond that to provide a snapshot of thebusiness and IT priorities of our readers.

MEDHOST chooses Boston WorkStation for ED, HIS data synch

MEDHOST, a provider of Emergency Department Information System (ED),will implement the Boston WorkStation technology from Boston SoftwareSystems, a workflow automation technology provider.

McKesson nets multiple HIS, EHR installs

McKesson Provider Technologies has signed Paragon community hospitalinformation system (HIS) and Practice Partner EHR and practicemanagement solution contracts with several community hospitals acrossthe United States.

Around the web

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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