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.

Given Imaging wins 5-year, $7.5M VA contract

The Veteran's Administration National Acquisition Center hasgranted Given Imaging a new five-year Federal Supply Schedulecontract, with anticipated revenue of $7.5 million for thevideo-capsule endoscopy device developer.

Boston hospital uses RFID to track patient care devices

Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston has invested in radio-frequency identification (RFID) from Radianse.

Utah Imaging selects Zotec as billing, RIS provider

Utah Imaging Associates has selected Zotec Partners to manage itsoutsourced accounts receivable and to deploy a RIS software solution.

Georgia hospital selects McKesson for patient safety

Henry Medical Center in Stockbridge, Ga., will implement Horizon Clinicals from McKesson to help manage healthcare delivery.

Carestream inks multiple contracts for CR system

Carestream Health has signed contracts for its Kodak Point-of-CareCR-ITX 560 CR platform with eight U.S. healthcare facilities.

Elekta to deliver Neuromag to Nebraska Medical Center

The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., plans to install Elekta’sNeuromag, equipment for non-invasive measurement of brain activityusing magnetoencephalography technology.

Varian Medical equips Spanish hospital with image-guided radiotherapy

Cancer patients in northern Spain now have access to Varian MedicalSystem’s image-guided radiotherapy treatments with the opening of a newradiotherapy center to serve a population of 600,000 in the Pamplonaregion.

Siemens gains first U.S. install for Essenza MRI

Battlefield Imaging of Ringgold, Ga., has completed the first U.S. installation of the Magnetom Essenza from Siemens Healthcare.

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.