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.

IBM selected by University Hospital Ghent

IBM and Mainsoft, an independent software developer and IBM businesspartner, announced that the Belgian University Hospital Ghent (UZ Gent)has chosen IBM WebSphere Portal Version 6.0 to develop a self-servicevirtual information center for its 5,000 staff members, students,healthcare professionals, plus more than 380,000 patients and theirfamilies that visit the hospital each year.

Allscripts bolsters client roster

Healthcare information systems developer Allscripts reported thatapplication service provider (ASP) Electronic Medical Resources ofHouston will provide the Allscripts electronic health record (EHR) andpractice management products to physicians in Independent PracticeAssociations (IPAs) in the U.S.

DR Systems nets new installs

RIS and PACS developer DR Systems of San Diego reported that is has signed $5.6 million in new business.

ev3 awarded Novation contracts

Interventional device developer ev3 of Plymouth, Mass., reported thatit has been awarded three 3-year contracts by group purchasingorganization Novation.

Arrowhead, Paragon ink cardiovascular nanotube development pact

Arrowhead Research and Paragon Intellectual Properties announced todaythat Arrowhead’s majority-owned subsidiary, Unidym, has signed anexclusive license agreement with Paragon’s majority-owned subsidiary,Nanotech Catheter Solutions (NCS).

PHTS scores Coburg contract

Personal HealthCare Telemedicine Services (PHTS) Telemedizin, aDüsseldorf, Germany-based subsidiary of SHL TeleMedicine of Zurich,Switzerland, reported that it has been contracted to providetelemedicine services in the Coburg region of Germany.

Z.One ultra installed at Montgomery Vascular

Ultrasound system developer Zonare Medical Systems reported that it hasinstalled its z.one ultra system at Montgomery Vascular Surgery.

MedCath enters into joint venture with Catholic Health East subsidiary

MedCath Partners is participating in a new venture to manage thecatheterization laboratories of St. Francis Healthcare Services ofWilmington, Del.

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.