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.

Christus Health enlists Wolters Kluwer order set software

Christus Health, a Dallas-based nonprofit health system comprised of almost 350 services in 60 cities, has selected health IT company Wolters Kluwer Healths ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, as its electronic order set software.

RaySearch and Varian revamp strategic collaboration

Medical technology company RaySearch Laboratories has announced a restructuring of its license agreement with medical device and software manufacturer Varian Medical Systems.

Wisconsin health system to implement more than 20 Cerner apps

Health IT company Cerner has formed a strategic partnership with Fort HealthCare, an integrated hospital and health system in Fort Atkinson, Wis., to create a connected health community.

N.Y. facility taps Wolters Kluwer to automates order sets

St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center of Syracuse, N.Y., has selected Wolters Kluwer Healths ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, to automate the creation, deployment and maintenance of evidence-based order sets.

Oregon hospitals end legal battle over joint imaging venture

The two hospitals serving Medford, Ore., have reached an agreement ending a legal dispute over their partnership in a regional imaging service.

Infinitt wins PACS deal at N.J. multi-site medical center

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson and Wayne, N.J., has installed Infinitt North Americas Enterprise PACS in its three hospitals and two outpatient imaging centers.

Picis expands customer base for ED revenue cycle management

Picis has expanded its client base with an additional 53 U.S. healthcare facilities utilizing its Lynx E/Point point-of-care revenue management solution in the emergency department (ED) for documentation, compliance and charging accuracy purposes.

Sinai Medical to go live with NextGen EHR in August

Sinai Medical Group will deploy NextGen Healthcare Information Systems' NextGen EHR and NextGen Practice Management software.

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.