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.

Color coding aids 3D interpretation in virtual colonoscopy

The application of moderate cathartic preparation with color-codedtagged stool can facilitate primary 3D interpretation of CTcolonography and ease patient discomfort experienced during exampreparations, according to research published this month in Radiology.

U.K. university installs Siemens PET/CT for clinical oncology research

Newcastle University in England has installed a Biograph 40 TruePoint PET/CTscanner from Siemens Healthcare to evaluate the efficacy of PET/CT forimplementing radiation therapy treatment plans.

Cornell deploys Carestream digital radiography, RIS/PACS

Cornell University’s Gannett Health Services in Ithaca, N.Y., has implemented Carestream Health’s digital radiography system and RIS/PACS.

Neurostar teams with M*Modal

Neurostar Solutions, a provider of outsourced clinical image managementsolutions for radiology groups, has incorporated M*Modal’s SpeechUnderstanding technology into its existing virtual radiology network.

AMICAS scores 21 revenue cycle management deals

AMICAS, a provider of radiology and medical image and informationmanagement solutions, has signed 21 contracts for Vision SeriesFinancials, its revenue cycle management application.

NovaRad lands RIS contract with Louisiana medical, surgical clinic

Lake Charles Medical & Surgical Clinic in Lake Charles, La., hasinstalled NovaRad’s NovaRIS to help simplify scheduling, billing andreporting at the clinic’s main office and six satellite offices.

Color coding aids 3D interpretation in virtual colonoscopy

The application of moderate cathartic preparation with color-codedtagged stool can facilitate primary 3D interpretation of CTcolonography and ease patient discomfort experienced during exampreparations, according to research published this month in Radiology.

Brigham & Women's adds four Siemens CT systems

Boston’s Brigham & Women’s (B&W) Hospital, the 777-bed teachingaffiliate of Harvard Medical School, has purchased an additional twoSomatom Definition AS 40-slice and two Somatom Definition AS+ 128-slicesystems from Siemens Healthcare.

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.