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.

Compressus implements MEDxConnect for Florida hospital group

Compressus has implemented the MEDxConnect System, an integrateddigital imaging and data management solution, for E-Rad Solutionsteleradiology clients in Florida, Charlotte Regional Medical Center andPeace River Medical Center.

N.Y. hospital to deploy McKesson?s Horizon Clinicals Suite

A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital located in Oneonta, N.Y., has launchedan initiative to implement advanced healthcare IT from McKessonProvider Technologies as a key component in driving enhanced patientsafety and clinical excellence.

N.Y. hospital purchases three IDC DR systems

Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., has purchased ImagingDynamics Company’s (IDC) X2200, X1590 and X1600 direct digitalradiography (DR) systems to replace conventional film x-ray equipmentin its three radiography rooms.

Carestream Health wins multiple RIS/PACS contracts

Carestream Health has signed contracts for its Kodak CarestreamRIS/PACS platforms and associated medical imaging and informationmanagement products with several healthcare facilities in the United States.

Naviscan wins M. D. Anderson Cancer Center PET install

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston willinstall Naviscan PET Systems PEM Flex Solo II system, a high-resolutionPET scanner designed to image small parts of the body.

Agfa HealthCare, UCH mark new stage in PACS deployment process

The University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust hasupdated its Agfa HealthCare IMPAX PACS equipment to version 5.2.

IDC wins Texas DR install

Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital in Kerrville, Texas, has chosenthe X1590 and X2200 direct digital radiography (DR) systems fromImaging Dynamics Company (IDC) for its new, expanded medical facility.

IBA nets Swiss install for particle beam accelerator

An x-ray sterilization facility will be built using the new RhodotronTT-1000 system from Ion Beam Applications (IBA), on the premises ofLEONI Studer in Däniken, Switzerland.

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.