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.

U.S. military embraces Nuance clinical documentation software

The U.S. Military Health System over the past year has adopted Nuance Communication's Dictaphone Healthcare division's Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical software.

In-progress Australian university hospital selects Elekta

Elekta has been selected as the main provider of a suite of cancer andneurosurgical treatment solutions, as well as supporting IT systems, tothe new Macquarie University Private Hospital in Killara, Australia,which is currently under construction.

NHS selects Advanced Input hypoallergenic keyboards

The Connecting for Health Agency within the U.K. National HealthService (NHS) has purchased 7,500 Medigenic infection resistantkeyboards from Advanced Input Systems, for use in English hospitals tohelp improve patient safety by preventing the spread of hospitalinfections.

Indian hospital selects NovaRad RIS, PACS

Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre, a Harvard Medical-associated international institution in Chennai, India, has selected NovaRad's NovaRIS and NovaPACS.

FONAR nets Australia Upright MRI install

FONAR has expanded its international reach with a sale of its UprightMulti-Position MRI to a group medical practice in Australia.

Hologic to install 17 digital mammo systems in The Netherlands

Hologic has received an order for 17 Selenia digital mammography mobilesystems, the first order placed under The Netherlands Breast CancerScreening Tender.

Oregon hospital buys IMRIS neurosurgical imaging system

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore., has purchased IMRIS’ neurosurgical imaging system, IMRISneuro.

Eclipsys to supply clinical, financial services to Premier

Eclipsys has signed an agreement to become a contracted supplier of itsSunrise Enterprise clinical and financial services for Premier, ahealthcare group purchasing organization.

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.