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.

Stanford Hospital adds Barco displays

Barco has been selected by Stanford Hospital & Clinics, part of Stanford University Medical Center in California, to supply 2-megapixel, MDRC-2120 clinical review displays.

GE, Sprint help Texas provider go wireless

Methodist Healthcare has signed a contract with Sprint and GE Healthcare to provide local healthcare professionals in South Texas with wireless access to patient information.

Pays to be in private practice for medical directors

Compensation to physicians for medical directorships in non-hospital-owned group practices is greater than in hospital-owned practices for all specialties except primary care, according to a new survey from the Medical Group Management Association's (MGMA).

KLAS: Growing number of ambulatory EMR vendors creating competitive market

Although the relaxation of the Stark Law and the passage of the economic stimulus package have motivated hospitals to subsidize ambulatory EMR adoption for affiliated physician practices, it is challenging for EMR vendors in the small physician group practice space to translate their success to hospitals or large physician groups, according to a new report from health IT research firm KLAS.

Critical test-result management systems help reduce malpractice suits

CHICAGOLegal, ethical and moral obligations to ensure results of the 12 billion annual hospital tests in the United States are appropriately communicated can be delivered through the utilization of health IT and critical test-result management (CTRM) systems.

Emageon acquired by Amicas, settles shareholder suit

Amicas, a provider of radiology and medical image and information management solutions, has completed its acquisition of Emageonwhich settled a shareholder class action lawsuit in order to finalize the merger.

Siemens nets $267M defense contract for imaging systems

Siemens Medical Solutions has won a contract to supply radiology systems, subsystems and components to the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies.

Toshiba installs Aquilion One at Arkansas pediatric hospital

Arkansas Children's Hospital has installed Toshiba America Medical Systems' Aquilion One, a 320-detector row CT system.

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.