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.

AHRA: Fine-tuning the radiology practice business model

With radiology practices facing increasing competition and an exceedingly difficult market, a laser sharp business plan is now more essential than ever. The AHRA (Association for Medical Imaging Management) fall conference last week provided a process and practice for revising, revamping and revitalizing the business plan.

Minnesota org shares patient records electronically across group

Eight healthcare organizations, all members of the Minnesota Epic User Group (MNEUG), have launched software enabling electronic sharing of patient records across the group.

Voalt heads Midwest

Nonprofit health system Parkview Health System, based in Fort Wayne, Ind., has established an agreement with communications company Voalt to provide wireless communication for nurses and clinicians.

CDC taps CACI for IT infrastructure

CACI International (CACI) has been awarded a contract to support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) IT infrastructure work under the overall CDC Information Management Services contract. The 10-year, multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a ceiling value of $1 billion.

ScImage develops integrated PACS/RIS platform

ScImage has released its PicomEnterprise PACS platform, which integrates many RIS functions into a single PACS model.

AdvaMed questions changes to FDA's premarket program

The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) has released a comment in regard to the FDAs August report proposing changes to the medical device approval process, expressing concerns that timely access to safe and effective medical technologies for U.S. patients may be disrupted.

Aycan creates OsiriX iPad app

Aycan Digitalsysteme GmbH has released an iPad application of video tutorials for the medical imaging post-processing application OsiriX Pro.

Anthro releases ergonomic table

Anthro has released Carls Table, Model CT08, an ergonomic table for reading soft copy and teleradiology.

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.