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.

Tennessee radiology group selects MedQ for reading services

Mid-South Imaging and Therapeutics has selected MedQ, ahealthcare workflow solutions provider, to provide its Q/ris 3000Reading Services Management System to support its regional readingoperations.

March 17, 2008

Intelerad wins NCH Healthcare System contract

Intelerad Medical Systems has signed an agreement with NCH HealthcareSystem and Naples Diagnostic Imaging Centers of Naples, Fla., toinstall IntelePACS in both companies.

March 14, 2008

Carestream to install digital mammo products worldwide

Carestream Health has signed contracts for its digital mammography solutions with mammography providers worldwide.

March 13, 2008

University of Michigan taps McKesson for PACS replacement

The University of Michigan Health System has selected McKesson’sHorizon Medical Imaging PACS to keep pace with ongoing advances indiagnostic technologies.

March 13, 2008

W.V. United Health Systems extends Zonare ultrasound contract

Zonare Medical Systems has signed an agreement with West VirginiaUnited Health System, for the purchase and installation of 12z.one ultrasound systems in 2008.

March 12, 2008

ACS nets 10-year, $57M EHR contract with Missouri

Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) has renewed its contract with theMissouri HealthNet Division to provide EHRs and pharmacybenefits management solutions.

March 11, 2008

Elekta to deliver brain mapping technology to Wisconsin hospital

Elekta has signed a contrast to deliver Elekta Neuromag, the equipmentfor non-invasive registration of nerve cell activity usingmagnetoencephalography technology, to the Froedtert MemorialLutheran Hospital in Milwaukee.

March 11, 2008

Sectra signs PACS deal with Portuguese oncology institute

Sectra has signed an agreement with Instituto Portugûes de Oncologia doPorto Francisco Gentil, Portugal, for Sectra’s PACS products andservices.

March 10, 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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