Management

This page includes content on healthcare management, including health system, hospital, department and clinic business management and administration. Areas of focus are on cardiology and radiology department business administration. Subcategories covered in this section include healthcare economics, reimbursement, leadership, mergers and acquisitions, policy and regulations, practice management, quality, staffing, and supply chain.

Houston hospital taps Ziosoft for surgical, RT planning

The Methodist Hospital in Houston plans to deploy PhyZiodynamics from Ziosoft to produce 3D and 4D images based on CT, MR and PET scans of the brain, lungs and other organs at the facilitys Platos CAVE (Computerized Augmented Visual Environment).

GE showcases interoperability at European Connectathon

GE Healthcare has reportedly demonstrated interoperability with more than 130 health IT systems at the Integrating Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Europe 2011 Connectathon in Pisa, Italy.

Pediatric Alliance signs Ascent Data for colocation

Pediatric Alliance, a medical practice group that serves the Southwestern Pennsylvania area and includes 10 primary care offices and two specialty care offices for asthma, allergy and immunology and pediatric endocrinology, has selected Ascent Data to provide colocation and managed services.

Jackson Healthcare launches rad management firm

Jackson Healthcare has created Hospital Radiology Partners, a radiology management firm.

AIM: Spike in PE cases suggests diagnostic testing epidemic

The introduction of CT pulmonary angiography as the first-line test for pulmonary embolism (PE) has brought about a spike in PE diagnoses, but a May 9 article published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has found that more sensitive diagnosis of the disease has not improved mortality for patients, suggesting overdiagnosis from unimportant abnormalities.

Merge, Omnicare pair for global trials

Omnicare Clinical Research will implement Merge CIMS as a part of its end-to-end system for image management of oncology, cardiology and ophthalmology clinical trials.

NYC mammo waiting times dangerously long

Hospital closures and budget cuts in New York City (NYC) have contributed to dangerously long wait times of nearly two months for diagnostic mammograms in the city, according to a report released by the NYC Comptroller.

Banner Health selects Phytel application

Banner Arizona Medical Group has selected Phytel to help develop its population health management program.

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.