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.

Building a successful CCTA program: Physicians and healthcare executives to share advice
CCTA continues to grow more and more important in the day-to-day treatment of heart patients. Hospitals and health systems that fail to embrace the modality risk falling behind.
University of Missouri Health Care's 7T scanner joins exclusive ACR accreditation club
There are fewer than 40 of these 7T MRI scanners in North America, and MU Health Care’s is one of less than 10 to achieve ACR accreditation.
Radiologist arrested for secretly recording female patient's breasts during imaging
The accused has fessed up to secretly recording a patient with his smartphone while she underwent medical imaging.
Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions
Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.
Why cardiac CT adoption remains low among primary care providers
The rapid rise of CCTA represents one of cardiology’s biggest ongoing trends, but most primary care providers are still not embracing a CT-first strategy.

Onrad expands QA offerings

Onrad is expanding the scope of its quality assurance program by introducing its Turnkey Radiology Peer Review Solution for radiology departments and practices.

CACI lands $91M contract for VA EHR initiative

CACI International, a provider of professional services and IT for defense, intelligence and homeland security, has been awarded a contract by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for its Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) initiative.

Sorna nabs ODS Medicals PACScomm

Sorna has signed an acquisition agreement with ODS Medical to purchase its PACScomm DICOM CD/DVD systems division.

Iowa Methodist to deploy Siemens CT

Iowa Methodist Medical Center has purchased Siemens Healthcare's Somatom Definition AS 64-slice CT scanner with Adaptive 3D Interventional Suite.

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.

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Radiology Business

Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

Cardiovascular Business

‘A significant milestone’: First US patients receive doses of new PET radiotracer for CAD

Back in September, the FDA approved GE HealthCare’s new PET radiotracer, flurpiridaz F-18, for patients with known or suspected CAD. It is seen by many in the industry as a major step forward in patient care.

Cardiovascular Business

Continuation of 99mTc-PYP shortage prompts need for alternative cardiac amyloidosis imaging

After three years of intermittent shortages of nuclear imaging tracer technetium-99m pyrophosphate, there are no signs of the shortage abating.

Management

Building a successful CCTA program: Physicians and healthcare executives to share advice

University of Missouri Health Care's 7T scanner joins exclusive ACR accreditation club

Radiologist arrested for secretly recording female patient's breasts during imaging

Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions

Why cardiac CT adoption remains low among primary care providers

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