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.

Siemens installs magnetic navigation and biplane imaging at The Cleveland Clinic

The Cleveland Clinic has become the first facility to install the AXIOM Artis dBC Magnetic Navigation System from Siemens Medical Solutions, the world's first biplane magnetic navigation system.

Australia's BreastScreen program selects Sectra PACS

BreastScreen NSW, part of the BreastScreen Australia national early detection breast cancer screening program, has invested in a PACS for breast imaging from Sectra.

Priorities that Make a Difference

This month we're proud to announce the winners of our third annual "Top 10 Connected Healthcare Facilities." As you'll see on page 22, we're distinguishing 10 facilities that stand out among the rest in connecting images and information across the enterprise (which, not coincidentally, is the mission of our magazine).

Defining Cardiology's Clinical Dashboard

Cardiology image and information systems share the ability to manage patient images and data - but vendor to vendor, capabilities differ.

Top 10 Connected Healthcare Facilities

Taking the lead in healthcare IT is all about executing on a vision to create seamless connectivity of all imaging and patient information systems to enable comprehensive, well-organized patient data to flow to the caregiver, whenever it is needed. That's

Facility acquires new GE, all-digital technology to detect, diagnose and treat heart disease

Memorial Regional Medical Center, a member of Bon Secours Richmond Health System, is the first U.S. hospital to install GE Healthcare's versatile new cardiovascular and interventional imaging system that gives doctors enhanced capabilities in the diagnosi

A group of Italian hospitals pick Sectra PACS

MultiMedica Holding S.p.A., which operates several hospitals in the Milan area in northern Italy, plans to install a Sectra PACS for handling and archiving radiology images.

Imaging Centers in Illinois install eRAD PACS

High Tech Medical Imaging of Barrington, Ill., has installed eRAD PACS at its four locations.

Around the web

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. 

CCTA is being utilized more and more for the diagnosis and management of suspected coronary artery disease. An international group of specialists shared their perspective on this ongoing trend.

The new technology shows early potential to make a significant impact on imaging workflows and patient care.