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.

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.
Female representation in interventional radiology still lagging behind other specialties
The number of female IR trainees has been on the rise for years, but this growth is slow in comparison to other medical professions.
ACR Assess-AI national data registry tracks performance of clinical algorithms
Christoph Wald, MD, vice chair of the ACR Board of Chancellors, explains how the new Assess-AI National Radiology Data Registry is designed to help monitor accuracy and other metrics for radiology artificial intelligence.
FDA seeking nominations for mammography advisory committee
The National Mammography Quality Assurance Advisory Committee provides guidance and recommendations related to the standards by which facilities are regulated.

Houston breast clinic completes EBM Mammo PACS install

The Rose Breast Center in Houston is now operational with EBM PangeaMammo PACS, from EBM Technologies, a provider of web-enabled PACS andteleradiology products.

May 14, 2008

NovaRad signs two Tennessee PACS contracts

Coffey Family Medical Clinic in Oneida, Tenn. and Speight FamilyMedical in Atoka, Tenn., have selected NovaRad’s NovaPACS imagingtechnology, bringing the total number of facilities in the state usingNovaRad’s RIS and PACS technologies to 10.

May 14, 2008

Visage to provide Tufts Medical Center with thin client-based solution

Tufts Medical Center in Boston has chosen Visage Imaging, a whollyowned subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems, to provide a Visage CSThin Client/Server system with the fully integrated Visage CardiacAnalysis Package.

May 14, 2008

Cisco assists mobility at the Mayo Clinic

The Mayo Clinic has deployed Cisco’s Unified Wireless Network and other mobility applications to improve its patient care.

May 13, 2008

OSF Home Care Services to deploy McKesson Horizon Homecare

OSF Home Care Services, a provider of homecare and hospice servicesacross Illinois and Michigan, has selected McKessons Horizon Homecaresolution to improve process efficiencies.

May 13, 2008

CDW nets Beth Israel EHR, PM deployment

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of Boston is collaborating withCDW Healthcare to deploy a technology solution that will enableaffiliated physician practices to access Beth Israel’s EHR and practicemanagement (PM) software.

May 12, 2008

Las Vegas imaging center buys Toshiba Aquilion One CT system

Toshiba America Medical Systems has installed its Aquilion One dynamic volume CT system at Nevada Imaging Centers in Las Vegas.

May 9, 2008

NHIC wins $148M Medicare claims payment contract with CMS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded theNational Heritage Insurance Corporation (NHIC) a contract for thecombined administration of Part A and Part B Medicare claims payment inAlaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

May 9, 2008

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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

Clinicians want AI to show its work

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

Female representation in interventional radiology still lagging behind other specialties

ACR Assess-AI national data registry tracks performance of clinical algorithms

FDA seeking nominations for mammography advisory committee

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