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.

DR Systems lands $3.2M in RIS/PACS contracts

DR Systems, makers of the Unity RIS/PACS, have won six new contractswith healthcare facilities, totaling more than $3.2 million. Thelargest contract was for $1.1 million, with the smallest contract worth approximately $195,000.

Kansas medical center chooses NovaPACS

Ellsworth County Medical Center, a rural critical accesshospital located in Ellsworth, Kan., has installed NovaPACS fromNovaRad to enhance patient service and streamline image reading andreporting.

Dublin hospital links speech and radiology with PowerScribe

St James’s Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, has deployed NuanceCommunication’s PowerScribe dictaphone system to automate the creationof patient radiology reports using speech recognition.

U-Systems wins 3D breast ultrasound install at UT Southwestern

UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Southwestern Center for Breast Carehas installed the somo.v Automated Breast Ultrasound, a fully automated3-D breast ultrasound machine from U-Systems in San Jose, Calif.

Editor's Note: Reducing Dose

First do no harm. Although often believed to be the words ofHippocrates and a phrase in the Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians invarious forms, they are not. Hippocrates phraseology reads like this:“Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practicethese acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things—to help, or atleast to do no harm.”

Cracking Down: CT Radiation Dose Control

Medical imaging procedures offer unprecedented abilities for physiciansto detect, diagnose and treat a wide range of diseases and medicalproblems.

The Perfect Reading Room: Doing It Your Way

When it comes to reading rooms, perfection exists in the convergence ofscience and personal preference. Many factors, such as the distancefrom your eye to the monitors, aren’t in dispute; for others, such asthe type of chair, ideal room temperature and reading position arepersonal to individual radiologists. An environment that mergesessential ergonomics with individual needs creates the perfect readingroom with more comfortable, less stressed, more productive radiologists.

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.