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.

Spanish government agency selects Barco?s displays

Spanish governmental agency Red.es has chosen several of Barco’sCoronis diagnostic display systems for the introduction and developmentof PACS in hospitals across Spain.

Agfa nets Barcelona PACS install

Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement with CETIR Grup Mèdic, aradiology provider based in Barcelona, Spain, to install itsImpax PACS.

ProMedica taps McKesson for patient safety, healthcare quality

ProMedica Health System has signed a contract with McKesson for itsclinical solutions, pharmacy automation and medication distributionservices to enhance patient safety, help improve operationalefficiencies and reduce healthcare costs.

GE to supply Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with MRIs

Two of GE Healthcare’s Signa HDe 1.5T MRIs will be installed at theOlympic Village General Hospital, available for use on allinternational competing athletes during the games.

ProvSource taps Ascent Healthcare for SUD re-processor contract

ProvSource has renewed an exclusive contract with Ascent HealthcareSolutions for Ascent’s single-use medical device (SUD) reprocessingservices over the next two years.

L.A. children?s hospital selects InnerWireless

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles will deploy InnerWireless’ Horizon inits existing facility and its new 317-bed hospital scheduled to open in2010.

Editor's Note: Communicating Better

Closing the loop on critical test results management (CTRM) isincreasing the quality—and timeliness—of patient care. The numbers addup with approximately 12 billion radiology, laboratory and cardiologytests completed each year in the United States.

Critical Test Results Management: The Human Touch

CTRM systems present a new paradigm. They tap into IT to streamline andautomate the results communication process. Solutions not only improvepatient safety, but also increase productivity among radiologists andother specialists. It’s a match made in heaven. Here’s how CTRM works.

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.