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.

AJR: Prospective ECG gating cuts CCTA dose

Prospective electrocardiogram (ECG) gating allows radiologists to significantly reduce the patient radiation dose delivered during coronary CT angiography (CCTA), according to a study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

INFINITT adds to Michigan roster

Medical imaging software and IT developer INFINITT North America has expanded its customer base in Michigan with the addition of Marlette Regional Hospital in Marlette, the company reported.

Medsphere implements EHR at rural Utah hospital

Medsphere Systems has implemented OpenVista, the companys EHR, at the Blue Mountain Hospital in Blanding, Utah.

Apollo scores digital pathology PACS order

Apollo PACS has been selected by Henry Ford Health System in Detroit to implement its digital pathology informatics solution.

Stereotaxis sells four Odyssey systems

Stereotaxis has sold four Odyssey systems to the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. Davids Medical Center in Austin, Texas.

Lancet: Pediatric brain injury prediction rules could prevent unceccesary CTs

Using validated prediction rules to identify children with very low risk of brain injury from head trauma can reduce the need for CT scans and accompanying radiation exposure, according to a study published today in the Lancet.

Texas imaging center deploys Corepoint Integration Engine

Radiology Associates of San Antonio, Texas, has implemented Corepoint Healths Integration Engine and DICOM gear for radiology workflow.

SRSsoft nets N.J. EMR deal

Midwest Orthopaedics in Shawnee Mission, Kan., has selected SRSsofts hybrid EMR after participating in the companys free pilot program.

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.