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.

Orion tapped for New Brunswick EHR

Healthcare information system developer Orion Health said that the NewBrunswick Department of Health has selected it to provide aprovince-wide EHR system.

Fonar inks Vision Upright deal

Vision Upright MRI has purchased an Upright Multi-Position MRI from Fonar for its location in San Jose, Calif.

Zotec scores Princeton Radiology contract

Princeton Radiology has selected a full suite of RIS software, medicalbilling and practice management tools from Zotec Partners.

Sage adds Bremerton to customer roster

Healthcare information systems provider Sage Software reported that itsIntergy suite of products has been selected by The Doctors Clinic ofBremerton, Wash., for deployment at the 75 physician multi-specialtypractice.

TomoTherapy scores China install

TomoTherapy, a provider of radiation therapy systems, has installed aHi·Art treatment system at PLA General Hospital in Beijing, whichserves the military, government and civilian populations with 2.5million outpatient visits annually.

PowerHealth nets Whittington install

Healthcare information systems application developer PowerHealthSolutions said that the Whittington Hospital National Health Service Trust in London has purchased its patient level costing andservice-line reporting system, PowerPerformance Management, as well asthe Adelaide, Australia-based firm’s PowerBusiness Reporting suite ofmanagement reporting tools.

Fletcher-Floras LIS eSuite licensed to HealthTexas

HealthTexas Medical Group of San Antonio, Texas has signed a licenseagreement to implement Fletcher-Flora Healthcare Systems’ FFlex eSuitelaboratory information system (LIS) services.

Elekta signs Sisters of Mercy

Radiation therapy device and information system developer Elekta saidit has signed a contract with group purchasing organization (GPO)Resource Optimization & Innovation. The GPO serves the St.Louis-based Sisters of Mercy Health System.

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.