Practice Management

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

Angel Medical converts to B. Braun infusion system

Angel Medical Center has converted to B. Braun Medical's Outlook 300Safety Infusion System, which provides wireless access to infusion data.

Belgian hospital upgrades with Agfa Impax system

Agfa HealthCare has completed the installation of its ImpaxCardiovascular Suite at the AZ Imelda hospital in Bonheiden, Belgium.

Elekta to service Greek hospital

In November, Elekta will begin the installation of three linear accelerator systems at Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens at Hygeia S.A.

McKesson aids Basset Healthcare in IT adoption

Bassett Healthcare of Cooperstown, N.Y., has selected McKesson to helpcreate a single EHR network in its four hospitals and 23 communityhealth centers.

TeraMedica nabs Johns Hopkins install

Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore has installed TeraMedica’s Evercoreclinical information manager in its clinical and research therapyclinics, including connection to satellite facilities.

Indian hospital utilizes TomoTherapy treatment

Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai, India, has begun to treat cancer patients with the Hi-Art system from TomoTherapy.

N.Y. GI practice to employ SmartPill monitoring system

Gastroenterology Associates in Williamsville, N.Y., has installed theSmartPill GI monitoring system in its practice, offering thegastrointestinal (GI) technology to patients in western New York.

Elekta nabs two Italian installs

Two Italian hospitals, S. Maria Annunziata Hospital in Florence andIRST Cancer Institute in Meldola, have opened new radiation therapyclinics, and selected Elekta to supply its cancer treatment systems forintensity modulated radiation therapy and image-guided radiationtherapy.

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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