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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AMIC responds to Senate proposals for new imaging policies

Imaging provisions contained in the Senate Finance Committee's proposals for healthcare delivery reform are "forward-thinking" policies that will ensure proper diagnostic imaging utilization over the long term, according to the Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC).

V/Q scan less radiation risk than CT

Educating physicians about ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scanning as an alternative to CT for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolisms led to a 23 percent decrease in patient exposure to radiation, according to a study presented today in Boston at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society.

Iowa healthcare system selects Amicas

Amicas has received orders from Iowa-based Health Ventures for its Amicas PACS, Amicas Reach and Amicas RadStream solutions.

Teleradiology brings CT colonography to rural areas

BOSTON--CT colonography (CTC) is feasible in rural health centers with the help of teleradiology, according to a presentation Tuesday at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society.

Kansas medical center installs iCAD VividLook

Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., has installed iCAD's VividLook computer-aided detection (CAD) analysis solution for prostate MRI.

Spectrum Dynamics nets first Nevada order for D-SPECT

Southwest Medical Associates in Las Vegas has installed a D-SPECT nuclear imaging camera from Spectrum Dynamics in its cardiology department.

N.J. hospital chooses Axolotl Elysium Exchange

Axolotl has implemented its Elysium Exchange to link disparate HIS and EMR systems at Clara Maass Medical Center (CMMC), part of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, New Jersey's largest integrated healthcare delivery system.

Siemens scores first Definition Flash CT install in U.S.

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is the first medical facility in the United States to install the Somatom Definition Flash dual-source CT scanner from Siemens Healthcare.

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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.