Practice Management

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

Agfa installs its first North America RIS

Agfa Healthcare has completed the installation of its first RIS (radiology information system) in North America.

Johns Hopkins to install first Toshiba 32-slice Aquilion

Toshiba America Medical Systems will install its first Aquilion 32 DFX multi-slice CT scanner at the cardiology division at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Medicine.

Cerner wins purchasing agreement and enterprise-wide IT installation

Healthcare cooperative VHA Inc. inked a three-year purchasing agreement with Cerner Corp. for the company's PharmNet, RadNet and PathNet information systems.

VitalWorks announces RIS contract, partners with Amicas on PACS install

Wake Radiology Services LLC has awarded VitalWorks Inc. a contract to provide radiology information systems (RIS) and document management systems for its entire enterprise.

IDX Systems gains Imagecast and Groupcast contracts

IDX Systems Corp. has announced several new agreements for its Imagecast and Groupcast technologies.

Precyse Solutions receives HIM contract from Marin General Hospital

Health information management (HIM) services provider Precyse Solutions Inc. has signed an outsourcing agreement with Marin General Hospital (MGH) in Greenbrae, Calif.

QuadraMed selected to implement HIS in Indiana

The Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana Inc. (CFNI) has chosen QuadraMed Corp. to implement a hospital information system (HIS).

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Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

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.