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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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GE HealthCare designed the new-look Revolution Vibe CT scanner to help hospitals and health systems embrace CCTA and improve overall efficiency.

Clinicians have been using HeartSee to diagnose and treat coronary artery disease since the technology first debuted back in 2018. These latest updates, set to roll out to existing users, are designed to improve diagnostic performance and user access.

The cardiac technologies clinicians use for CVD evaluations have changed significantly in recent years, according to a new analysis of CMS data. While some modalities are on the rise, others are being utilized much less than ever before.