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.

NHS Scotland secures deal with FairWarning

National Health Services (NHS) Scotland, comprised of 14 area NHS boards throughout Scotland, has selected  FairWarning to monitor and protect NHS Scotland patients' privacy.

Scottish hospital selects Siemens SPECT camera

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, part of NHS Grampian, has installed a second Symbia S SPECT system with IQSPECT from Siemens Healthcare.

Viztek launches DR product line

Viztek has launched a new DR campaign in partnership with Samsung Mobile Display.

ARRS: CT dose reduction maintains image quality

CHICAGOCT dose reduction strategies can be implemented to meet patient safety goals while also maintaining radiologists satisfaction with image quality, according to a study presented Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS).

RadCare selects Carestream PACS

RadCare has purchased Carestream Healths SuperPACS Architecture.

Vital Images jumps back to the black

As Toshiba Medical Systems moves forward with its acquisition of Vital Images, on Tuesday Vital reported an increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2011 and a reversal of the net income losses it experienced in the first quarter of 2010.

La. hospital selects Philips CT technology

West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital has installed Philips Ingenuity CT platform.

ARRS: CT radiation education provides limited utility

CHICAGOGiven a climate characterized by hefty concerns about radiation exposure, researchers at Northwestern University attempted to ascertain the impact of a CT radiation education program on the CT ordering patterns of clinical house staff, sharing the results Monday at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS). They found that radiation education produced minimal impact on ordering patterns.

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.