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.

Trinity Health continues hospital health IT initiative

Trinity Health, a large Catholic health system, is preparing to launchits 12th successive hospital system activation of HealthQuest andCerner PowerChart applications in support of clinical documentation andcomputerized physician order entry.

February 21, 2008

L.A. hospital implements Medsphere EHR

Medsphere Systems Corporation has completed a phase one deployment ofits open source-based OpenVista EHR at Century City Doctors Hospital in Los Angeles.

February 21, 2008

ART sells first SoftScan optical breast imaging system

Advanced Research Technologies (ART) has sold its first SoftScanoptical breast imaging system to the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centrein Toronto, Canada.

February 21, 2008

Carestream nets European contracts

Carestream Health has signed contracts for its Kodak CarestreamRIS/PACS platforms and its Carestream Business Diagnostics with 12European healthcare facilities.

February 20, 2008

NovaRad wins three California RIS, PACS customers

Three facilities in California have purchased NovaRad’s PACS and RIS technologies.

February 20, 2008

Louisiana hospital signs $8M deal with McKesson for EHRs

Opelousas General Health System has signed an $8 millionagreement with McKesson to deploy a range of clinical, automation andfinancial solutions.

February 19, 2008

Pittsburgh hospital awards FRG imaging contract

Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) has signed a multi-year contract tobecome Brownsville Tri-County Hospital’s exclusive provider ofdiagnostic imaging services.

February 19, 2008

London hospital installs Siemens SPECT/CT system

The Royal London Hospital in London, part of the Barts and The LondonNHS Trust, has installed a Siemens Symbia TruePoint SPECT/CT.

February 15, 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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