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.

ContextVision ships GOPView MAMMO

ContextVision has recently started shipments of GOPView MAMMO, the company's new image enhancement product for digital mammography (DR).

Pinehurst Surgical installs Allscripts ERH

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions has announced that Pinehurst Surgical located in North Carolina has made the move to eliminate all paper patient charts by installing TouchWorks Electronic Health Record (EHR) from Allscripts.

Philips Panorama 1.0T MRI goes to Cologne

The University of Cologne's medical center located in Germany announced last week the first European installation of the Philips Panorama 1.0T open MRI system.

Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Cerner implement EHR

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Cerner Corp. have announced the implementation of an electronic medical record (EMR) system at the medical center.

Sectra Radiology PACS being use for cardiology too

Rikshospitalet a university hospital in Norway has successfully installed Sectra PACS for both its cardiology and radiology operations.

NORTH Network selects Agfa for innovative teleradiology system

Agfa's HealthCare business group announced yesterday that NORTH Network has selected IMPAX PACS for its users throughout the province of Ontario, Canada.

Dictaphone announces numerous installs

Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions Group recently announced the signing of numerous new contracts for the company's speech recognition systems.

Gamma Medica to use Pinhole SPECT developed by John Hopkins

Gamma Medica Inc. recently announced that it has licensed a breakthrough pinhole image reconstruction method for SPECT which has been developed by Dr. Benjamin Tsui and Dr. Yuchuam Wang of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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.