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.

Delaware cancer center upgrades radiation equipment with Siemens

The Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, part of the Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Del., has updated its ONCOR linear accelerator with the 160 MLC multileaf collimator from Siemens Healthcare.

Toshiba provides contrast-free MR system to Illinois hospital

Nonprofit Catholic community hospital, Little Company of Mary, has installed the Vantage Atlas MR system from diagnostic imaging systems provider Toshiba America Medical Systems.

eRad PACS installed in Virginia facility

Medical image management solutions provider eRads web-based PACS has been selected by Spinal Surgery Associates of Charlottesville, Va. to be deployed in its facility, said the Greenville, S.C.-based company.

Intelerad scores Michigan contract

Advanced Radiology Services of Grand Rapids, Mich., has inked an installation contract with medical imaging and workflow solutions group Intelerad Medical Systems for its software and networking technology, InteleOne.

McKesson automates pharmacy for Pennsylvania hospital

McKesson will be providing Somerset Hospital in Somerset, Pa., with its pharmacy automating system, PROmanager-Rx.

Miami Jewish Health Systems to deploy Motorola WLAN apps

Motorola announced that its HIPAA-compliant end-to-end wireless LAN (WLAN) and AirDefense applications will be deployed at Miami Jewish Health Systems in Florida to support current and future mobility initiatives.

Amicas signs 55 contracts for financial software

Amicas announced it has signed 55 contracts for its Amicas Financials software for radiology billing.

Carestream scores seven U.S. RIS/PACS deals

Carestream Health has added new contracts for RIS/PACS installations at seven U.S. facilities.

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.