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.

Digisonics adds to cardiac customer base

Digisonics has enhanced its DigiView customer roster with facilities in Florida and Texas.

Fuji nets military PACS deal

Fujifilm Medical Systems has deployed its Synapse PACS at the European Regional Medical Command.

IBM inks $3.3M health IT deal in Quebec

The Agence de la Sante et des Services Sociaux de Montreal has signed a five-year, $3.6 million ($3.3 million, U.S.) deal with Artefact Informatique, the health division of IBM's LGS Group, to build a registry for digital medical images based on the Canada-wide cross-enterprise document sharing standard.

U.K. provider selects PACSGear CD/DVD burner

Birmingham Women's Hospital in Birmingham, U.K. has become PACSGears 1,200th customer site, selecting its DICOM CD/DVD burning product, MediaWriter.

CDW, EMC assist Michigan provider with server virtualization, disaster recovery

Mercy Memorial Hospital of Monroe, Mich., has launched a server virtualization and disaster recovery solution acquired from CDW Healthcare.

Intelerad adds to PACS base

Intelerad, a Montreal-based PACS developer, has expanded its customer base with new contracts in the United States, Canada and Australia.

Xerox adds to health IT portfolio with $6.4B ACS buy

Xerox has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $6.4 billion.

Advocate scores more billing agreements

Advocate, a provider of radiology billing and practice management services, has been awarded exclusive billing agreements with several radiology practices and imaging providers.

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.