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.

Intelerad expands PACS customer base in Q4 2007

Intelerad Medical Systems signed eight new PACS contracts and rolledout six new PACS customers between October through December of 2007 inthe United States, Canada and Australia.

January 28, 2008

Swiss university to install Zecotek photo detectors

Zecotek Photonics has received an order for its micro-pixel avalanche photo diode solid-state photo detectors from the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

January 28, 2008

Fonar sells Upright MRI to Dutch hospital

Fonar, an MR developer, has sold its Upright Multi-Position MRIto The Hospital ZorgSaam Zeeuws-Vlaanderen in Terneuzen, TheNetherlands.

January 28, 2008

Varian, BrainLAB book 14 orders for Novalis Tx

Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB have booked 14 orders for theNovalis Tx radiosurgical platform, which combines technologies fromboth companies to offer noninvasive treatment options for patients.

January 25, 2008

MedStar installs Cerner in seven hospitals

MedStar Health will deploy multiple Cerner Millennium health IT solutions in all seven of its hospitals.

January 24, 2008

Carestream Health fills U.S. orders for new CR systems

Carestream Health has signed contracts for its Kodak Directview Classic and Elite CR systems with 12 U.S. healthcare facilities.

January 23, 2008

Texas hospital deploys Medhost EDIS

The Scott & White Hospital at University Medical Campus inRound Rock, Texas, has automated its emergency department informationsystems (EDIS) with Medhost’s full-suite software.

January 23, 2008

NovaRad inks PACS contracts with three U.S. hospitals

NovaRad has secured NovaPACS contracts with three hospitals in New Mexico, South Dakota and Texas for their imaging needs.

January 22, 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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