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.

Are misconceptions about radiology deterring medical students from the specialty?
New survey results delve deeper into what students are seeing in their future careers as physicians and how diagnostic imaging fits into the picture.
Orthopedic trauma reads a 'significant difficulty' for radiology residents
The findings are concerning, especially considering the amount of orthopedic cases residents are involved in during call shifts, researchers caution.
FDA has approved over 1,000 clinical AI applications, with most aimed at radiology
Diagnostic imaging leads the way in AI product approvals by a mile, accounting for more than 70% of all applications on the list.
Clinicians want AI to show its work
Providers are more likely to trust AI when they understand how it arrives at its conclusions.
Experts update AUC for amyloid, tau PET imaging for first time in more than a decade
The new appropriate use criteria define 17 specific clinical scenarios, guiding providers on situations when amyloid or tau imaging are and are not appropriate.

SRSsoft scores hybrid EMR installs for Penn. heart group

The Heart Group, a large cardiology group located in Lancaster, Pa., has selected the SRS hybrid EMR from SRSsoft for its 37 providers.

January 15, 2009

Biospace med scores low-dose x-ray install

The Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto has purchased Biospace meds EOS 2D/3D ultra-low-dose x-ray system.

January 14, 2009

Patterson unit buys Dolphin Imaging, Dolphin Practice Management

Patterson Companies Patterson Dental Supply unit has acquired Dolphin Imaging Systems and Dolphin Practice Management in an all-cash transaction, for which the terms were not disclosed.

January 13, 2009

London hospital enhances stroke, cardiac services with Siemens CT

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London has installed a Somatom Definition AS+ CT scanner from Siemens Healthcare.

January 13, 2009

Colorado radiology practice selects Amicas for revenue cycle

Amicas has deployed its Amicas Financials, Amicas Dashboards and claims processing capabilities at Diversified Radiology of Colorado in Denver to streamline billing operations and improve operational decisions.

January 9, 2009

Siemens scores Magnetom Espree install at University of Iowa Hospitals

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has installed the Magnetom Espree from Siemens Healthcare.

January 9, 2009

RADinfo Systems offers all-in-one platform

Healthcare informatics software developer RADinfo Systems debuted its secure, web-based PACS/practice management (PM)/EMR solution--PowerPACS/PM/EMR--at the 2008 RSNA conference in Chicago last month.

January 9, 2009

Arizona hospital deploys GE volume CT system

Gilbert Hospital in Gilbert, Ariz., has installed a 64-slice Lightspeed volume CT (VCT) imaging system from GE Healthcare to diagnose disease and illnesses, including cardiovascular disease, stroke and chest pain.

January 8, 2009

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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.

Management

Are misconceptions about radiology deterring medical students from the specialty?

Orthopedic trauma reads a 'significant difficulty' for radiology residents

FDA has approved over 1,000 clinical AI applications, with most aimed at radiology

Clinicians want AI to show its work

Experts update AUC for amyloid, tau PET imaging for first time in more than a decade

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