Practice Management

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

CHS selects Konica Minolta CR for supply pact

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging will supply computed radiography (CR) products to Carolinas HealthCare Systems (CHS) under a new three-year agreement.

Siemens and Agfa sign three-year supplier contract

Siemens Medical Solutions has chosen Agfa Healthcare as its preferred supplier for hardcopy and computed radiography (CR) imaging products.

Varian lands UK contract for radiotherapy equipment

Varian Medical Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract from U.K.'s Department of Health's Cancer Plan for installation of seven of its linear accelerators at four U.K. radiotherapy centers.

McKesson inks $30 million contract to automate healthcare delivery

McKesson Corp. has been awarded a seven-year, $30 million contract with Bloomington Hospital and Healthcare System (BHHS), an integrated delivery network serving nine counties in South Central Indiana, to implement a wide range of healthcare IT systems, i

Taking Flight

On this month's cover, you've seen Health Imaging & IT's view of the core of the radiology department of the future: a technology-rich "cockpit" enabled by super high resolution, lightening fast imaging devices and intuitive image and information systems.

A View from the Cockpit: The Radiology Department of the Future

Facilities are finding ways to keep radiology departments competitive, efficient and cost-effective into the future. And succeeding tomorrow is all a matter of having vision today.

Boulder Valley Independent Practitioner Association selects eClinicalWorks for integrated practice s

The 400-member association named eClinicalWorks a preferred vendor for flexible and integrated EMR and practice management solutions.

Goodman, DAX Archiving Solutions launch new DVD Medical Archival Solution at Japan's Toyohashi Heart

Goodman, a leading Japanese medical PACS supplier, and DAX Archiving Solutions, global specialist in digital archiving solutions, have announced the implementation of their new DVD Medical Archival Solution at the internationally renowned Toyohashi Heart

Around the web

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.