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.

From the Editor: Connections & Re-connecting

After a short hiatus from Health Imaging IT, I'm officially re-connected in a new role as editor. I'm glad to be back and re-connected at a time when connections are on our mind.

GE's e-prescribing technology makes headway in Ohio

The Ohio Pharmacy Board has approved GE Healthcares ePrescribing technology for use by the state's physicians.

San Diego health system connects with Allscripts

Sharp HealthCare has selected the Allscripts Community Record, provided in partnership with health IT company dbMotion, to deliver connectivity across its San Diego-based health system.

JAMA editorial calls for gov't regulation of CT

The U.S. can best address CT overutilization and issues of quality control and training through national legislation, according to an editorial published in the July edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Report: Data management for EU patient monitoring market will thrive

The European market for data management systems for patient monitoring earned revenues of $126.8 million in 2009 and is estimated to grow to $161.4 million in 2013, according to a report from Frost and Sullivan.

West Virginia facility to deploy Eclipsys EMR suite

Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital, a 273-bed community hospital located in Parkersburg, W.V., has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with Eclipsys to support clinical and business goals.

Intersystems Ensemble integrated into Calif. healthcare network

InterSystems has completed an enterprise-scale integration initiative at Stanford Hospital and Clinics in Stanford, Calif., from integration software to the InterSystems Ensemble platform.

Iowa REC selects eClinicalWorks' EMR

Iowas Health IT Regional Extension Center (REC) has selected eClinicalWorks unified EMR and practice management system as a preferred ambulatory vendor for its primary care providers state-wide.

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.