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.

Viztek lands DR deal from Florida imaging practice

Viztek, a digital imaging hardware and software solutions company, hasinstalled its newest U-arm DR system at Southeastern IntegratedMedical, a multi-specialty practice group in Gainesville, Fla.

FDA issues notice of default to radiology-center chain

A chain of Baltimore radiology centers and its owner are in default ona $1.16 million fine from the FDA for performing mammograms after oneof its facilities lost its certification due to equipment problems,which is considered a violation of the Mammography Quality StandardsAct of 1992, according to an FDA document sent June 20.

Mass. hospital selects MedQuist for clinical documentation, speech recognition

Noble Hospital, a community hospital located in Westfield, Mass., hasbegun implementation of MedQuist’s Enterprise technologyto provide hospital-wide dictation, transcription and speechrecognition capabilities.

Solis brings molecular breast imaging to Texas metroplex

Solis Women's Health, with eight centers across the Dallas-Fort WorthMetroplex devoted entirely to mammography and breast imaging, is addingmolecular breast imaging to its portfolio of available diagnostictools.

Positron, Disease Management to develop heart disease management tool

Positron Corporation and Disease Management have announced an agreementto co-develop a coronary artery disease prevention and reversalsoftware program and total disease management solution.??

U.K. hospital furnishes cath lab with Siemens, Stereotaxis systems

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, a U.K. specialist heart andlung center, has deployed a Siemens Axiom Artis dFC angiography systemin the magnetic navigation catheter lab at Royal Brompton Hospital inLondon. The hospital has also installed a Niobe Magnetic GuidanceSystem with Navigant and an Odyssey network system from Stereotaxis.

Acacia signs license deal with Siemens Medical

Acacia Research’s Hospital Systems subsidiary has entered into a license agreement with Siemens Medical Solutions.

Fujifilm garners two U.S. DR installs

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has announced two Fuji DR sales atBassett Healthcare of Cooperstown, N.Y., and Swedish Covenant Hospitalof Chicago, which have resulted in the purchase of 20 new systems.

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.