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.

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Minnesota Web site offers price comparison shopping on healthcare

A Web site has allowed people in Minnesota for the last five years the opportunity to compare quality among health providers. Now they can compare cost.

California P4P improves clinical quality, IT and patient experience

A report by Californias Integrated Healthcare Association found that a Pay-for-Performance (P4P) program has shown improvement in the areas of clinical quality and patient experience, as well as IT infrastructure and processes during 2008.

Gillette Childrens adds Carestream RIS/PACS

Gillette Childrens Specialty Healthcare has installed an integrated RIS/PACS from Carestream Health.

Zoll scores Oregon AutoPulse deal

Sandy Fire District, in Sandy, Oregon, an emergency service in the Portland area, has installed Zoll Medical's AutoPulse, an automated CPR device.

Geisinger to launch Philips eICU program

Royal Philips Electronics has entered into an agreement with Geisinger Health System, headquartered in Danville, Pa., to launch an eICU program.

CareTech, Amicas assist Michigan facility with rad data

IT and Web services developer CareTech Solutions is supporting Amicas radiology workflow technology at Garden City Hospital in Garden City, Mich.

Thomson Reuters: Hospitals seeing financial recovery

Recessionary pressures on U.S. hospitals are finally beginning to ease, according to a report issued by Thomson Reuters.

JAMA: Women have higher risk of death after ACS

Women may have a slightly higher risk of death than men in the 30 days following an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but the difference appears attributable to factors such as severity and type of ACS, clinical differences and angiographic severity, according to a study in the August 26 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association.

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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.