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.

Memphis hospital introduces MEG technology

Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center of Memphis, Tenn., has introduced a magnetoencephalography (MEG) device into one of its magnetically shielded rooms.

Belgian hospital upgrades with Agfa Impax system

Agfa HealthCare has completed the installation of its ImpaxCardiovascular Suite at the AZ Imelda hospital in Bonheiden, Belgium.

NovaRad nets installs in three southern hospitals

NovaRad, a RIS and PACS developer, has secured three new contracts with hospitals in Georgia, Kentucky and Texas.

Commissure institutes Radport into Minnesota health system

Park Nicollet Health Services in St. Louis Park, Minn., has completedthe installation of Commissure’s RadPort, which is an imaging orderdecision support application.

Barnes-Jewish implements TeleTracking technology

Barnes-Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, Mo., has migrated to TeleTracking’s technology platform, TeleTracking XT.

Angel Medical converts to B. Braun infusion system

Angel Medical Center has converted to B. Braun Medical's Outlook 300Safety Infusion System, which provides wireless access to infusion data.

Belgian hospital upgrades with Agfa Impax system

Agfa HealthCare has completed the installation of its ImpaxCardiovascular Suite at the AZ Imelda hospital in Bonheiden, Belgium.

Elekta to service Greek hospital

In November, Elekta will begin the installation of three linear accelerator systems at Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens at Hygeia S.A.

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.