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.

Are misconceptions about radiology deterring medical students from the specialty?
New survey results delve deeper into what students are seeing in their future careers as physicians and how diagnostic imaging fits into the picture.
Orthopedic trauma reads a 'significant difficulty' for radiology residents
The findings are concerning, especially considering the amount of orthopedic cases residents are involved in during call shifts, researchers caution.
FDA has approved over 1,000 clinical AI applications, with most aimed at radiology
Diagnostic imaging leads the way in AI product approvals by a mile, accounting for more than 70% of all applications on the list.
Clinicians want AI to show its work
Providers are more likely to trust AI when they understand how it arrives at its conclusions.
Experts update AUC for amyloid, tau PET imaging for first time in more than a decade
The new appropriate use criteria define 17 specific clinical scenarios, guiding providers on situations when amyloid or tau imaging are and are not appropriate.

Toshiba scores first U.S. install of Aquilion Premium CT

PinnacleHealth, a multisite healthcare system based in Harrisburg, Pa., has installed Toshiba America Medical Systemss Aquilion Premium multi-detector CT at one of its four campuses.

November 11, 2009

N.J. medical center implements Medsphere EHR

New Jersey's 328-bed Hoboken University Medical Center (UMC) will implement Medsphere System's OpenVista EHR.

November 11, 2009

JACR: Manual RIS entries lead to discrepancies

The manual entry of clinical information into a RIS can result in a high rate of discrepancies, many of which are clinically significant, according to a study published in this month's Journal of the American College of Radiology.

November 10, 2009

Eclipsys secures contract with Mississippi medical center

Eclipsys has deployed its Sunrise Enterprise technology suite at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Miss.

November 10, 2009

eRad scores Illinois install

Medical imaging informatics developer eRad has installed its Web-based RIS, PACS and teleradiology software at the Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, Ill.

November 7, 2009

Survey: Disruptive doctor-nurse behavior affects patients

More than 97 percent of healthcare organizations experience behavior problems from doctors and nurses that can directly affect patients and their families, according to a report from the American College of Physician Executives.

November 7, 2009

Philips updates imaging informatics at Florida facility

Philips Healthcare has entered into an eight-year replacement contract for its iSite PACS and Xcelera systems with the Lakeland Regional Medical Center of Central Floridas radiology and cardiology departments.

November 6, 2009

California imaging center deploys Toshiba's Aquilion CT

Huntington Hill Imaging Center in Pasadena, Calif., has installed Toshiba America Medical Systems' Aquilion Premium CT system.

November 5, 2009

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Radiology Business

The biggest obstacles facing radiology business managers in 2025

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Cardiovascular Business

New cardiac prevention paradigm explored in TRANSFORM trial using AI and CCTA

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.

Cardiovascular Business

Cardiology practices pay $17.7M to settle fraud allegations brought on by whistleblowers

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.

Management

Are misconceptions about radiology deterring medical students from the specialty?

Orthopedic trauma reads a 'significant difficulty' for radiology residents

FDA has approved over 1,000 clinical AI applications, with most aimed at radiology

Clinicians want AI to show its work

Experts update AUC for amyloid, tau PET imaging for first time in more than a decade

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