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.

Physicians in New York target prostate cancer with Varian system

Clinicians at Community Care Physicians of Latham, New York, is using combined technologies in a single machine from Varian Medical Systems to give patients image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) treatment for prostate cancer that is able to precisely locate tu

Provena Health makes move to digital operations via McKesson systems

Provena Health, a six-hospital Catholic health system based in Mokena, Ill., plans to install McKesson's Horizon Radiology, an integrated RIS/PACS, with the aim of reducing film costs and to make medical images and information available electronically.

Dictaphone sees big success with iChart

Dictaphone has announced that its iChart Managed Services program has done quite well in the first half of this year.

Toshiba, Columbus Children's Hospital develop new Cardiac bi-plane flat panel system

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc., in conjunction with Columbus Children's Hospital, has announced the Infinix cardiac bi-plane (CB-i) flat-panel diagnostic imaging x-ray system, the first of its kind to be installed worldwide, according to Toshiba.

Texas gains 3 more electronic portal imaging devices from Acceletronics

Acceletronics Inc., a provider of radiation therapy service and distributor of equipment and parts, has announced that Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) in San Antonio, Texas, has purchased three more TheraView LX EPID systems, designed by Dutch man

IDC inks DR contract by Broadlane

Imaging Dynamics Co. has announced it was awarded a sole-source contract to provide DR equipment and services to Broadlane's Group Buy participants.

GE sees big ultrasound sales

GE Healthcare Global Ultrasound division showed 16 percent growth in the first half of 2005 compared to the same period in 2004.

San Francisco's Chinese Hospital picks Kodak for digital workflow

Chinese Hospital of San Francisco -- an independent, community-owned 54-bed facility that serves the Chinese population living in Chinatown and the greater San Francisco Bay area -- recently announced the decision to convert from film-based x-ray products

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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.