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.

Building a successful CCTA program: Physicians and healthcare executives to share advice
CCTA continues to grow more and more important in the day-to-day treatment of heart patients. Hospitals and health systems that fail to embrace the modality risk falling behind.
University of Missouri Health Care's 7T scanner joins exclusive ACR accreditation club
There are fewer than 40 of these 7T MRI scanners in North America, and MU Health Care’s is one of less than 10 to achieve ACR accreditation.
Radiologist arrested for secretly recording female patient's breasts during imaging
The accused has fessed up to secretly recording a patient with his smartphone while she underwent medical imaging.
Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions
Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.
Why cardiac CT adoption remains low among primary care providers
The rapid rise of CCTA represents one of cardiology’s biggest ongoing trends, but most primary care providers are still not embracing a CT-first strategy.

TomoTherapy scores Italy order

Azienda Ospedaliero - Universitaria di Modena in Modena, Italy, hasselected TomoTherapy’s Hi-Art treatment system to deliver radiationtherapy to cancer patients in the region.

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

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Radiology Business

Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions

Harvard’s David A. Rosman, MD, MBA, explains how moving imaging outside of hospitals could save billions of dollars for U.S. healthcare.

Cardiovascular Business

‘A significant milestone’: First US patients receive doses of new PET radiotracer for CAD

Back in September, the FDA approved GE HealthCare’s new PET radiotracer, flurpiridaz F-18, for patients with known or suspected CAD. It is seen by many in the industry as a major step forward in patient care.

Cardiovascular Business

Continuation of 99mTc-PYP shortage prompts need for alternative cardiac amyloidosis imaging

After three years of intermittent shortages of nuclear imaging tracer technetium-99m pyrophosphate, there are no signs of the shortage abating.

Management

Building a successful CCTA program: Physicians and healthcare executives to share advice

University of Missouri Health Care's 7T scanner joins exclusive ACR accreditation club

Radiologist arrested for secretly recording female patient's breasts during imaging

Shift toward imaging outside the hospital could save billions

Why cardiac CT adoption remains low among primary care providers

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