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.

eRAD racks up new customers in Q3 2008

eRAD has reported that it took orders from nine new customers during the third quarter of 2008.

Siemens brings mammo CAD to U.K.

Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, part of the Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, the hospital has ordered two Mammomat Inspiration full-field direct digital mammography systems from Siemens Healthcare, including one that incorporates computer-aided detection (CAD) technology.

Indiana pediatric hospital installs Agfa CR system

Riley Hospital for Children, a pediatric healthcare facility in Indianapolis, has purchased Agfa HealthCares DX-S system for its neonatal intensive care unit.

Cerner to automate healthcare processes in United Arab Emirates

Patients and clinicians at Ministry of Health hospitals and clinics in the United Arab Emirates Northern Emirates are implementing healthcare IT Millenium Suite systems from Cerner.

Elekta nabs Gamma Knife Perfexion install in Norway

Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway, has installed Elektas Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion for non-invasive treatment of brain disorders.

Agfa HealthCare

Agfa HealthCare (Booth 4800) is highlighting leading solutions in CR for clinics, imaging centers, hospitals and integrated healthcare networks.

Digirad names Todd Clyde as president, CEO

Digirad, a provider of medical diagnostic imaging systems and services to physicians' offices, hospitals and imaging centers, has appointed its new President and CEO Todd P. Clyde to its board of directors.

NovaRad adds three imaging centers to PACS roster

NovaRad has secured contracts for its NovaPACS product with three imaging centers in Georgia, Ohio and Ontario, Canada.

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.