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.

International Isotopes closes AOS contract

Radioisotope developer International Isotopes said it has entered intoan agreement with Alpha Omega Services (AOS) of Bellflower, Calif., tobe its exclusive worldwide distributor for a new family of Type B(U)radioactive material transportation containers.

Philips SpeechMagic gets Australian install

Philips Speech Recognition Systems of Vienna, Austria announced its SpeechMagicspeech recognition technology has been successfully deployed at theChildren’s Hospital at Westmead (CHW), New South Wales, Australia.

BridgeForward wins Capio contract

Healthcare application integration technology developer BridgeForwardSoftware has been selected by Capio Healthcare UK to providesystem-wide application integration throughout its healthcarefacilities in the United Kingdom.

Carolinas Healthcare adds to IT via Data Distributing

Carolinas Healthcare System chose DICOM developer Data Distributing to add DICOM CD burning systems throughout its facilities.

Hydromer closes coating services agreement

Hydromer, a developer of specialized polymer and hydrogel products forthe medical device and pharmaceutical markets, has entered into a4.5-year coating services agreement with an interventional devicedeveloper, which declined to be named, according to the Branchburg,N.J.-based company.

Varian chosen for Netherlands radiology project

The Tilburg, Netherlands-based Dr. Bernard Verbeeten Institute (BVI)ordered five medical linear accelerators from Varian Medical Systems,which will deliver radiotherapy treatments.

MCN inks Westchester deal

Regulatory and compliance software developer MCN Healthcare said thatWestchester Medical Center of Valhalla, N.Y., has chosen to deploy itsellucid software platform.

McKesson scores Appalachian EHR contract

Healthcare information technology developer McKesson ProviderTechnologies said that it will deploy its Horizon Ambulatory Careelectronic health record (EHR) system to Appalachian RegionalHealthcare’s (ARH) more than 190 employed and affiliated physicians inrural communities across eastern Kentucky and West Virginia.

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.