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.

Wyoming hospital gets quick ROI with NovaPACS

Boy film is expensive! Campbell County Memorial Hospital (CCMH), a 90-bed facility in Gillette, Wyo., has gotten a complete ROI from it's installation of NovaPACS by NovaRad Corporation in less than a year with the money not spent on film.

Beth Israel Deaconess installs second iCAD system

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) this week announced that it has purchased a second film-based Second Look system from iCAD Inc. which has been installed in its Brookline, Mass. imaging clinic.

HealthAlliance to install Siemens' Soarian

HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, Mass. will install Siemens' Soarian clinical and financial health information technology (IT) system.

New Jersey imaging center to install Agfa's RIS with IMPAX PACS

Hackensack Radiology Group (HRG), located in Hackensack, N.J., has selected Agfa's RIS/PACS product for its imaging centers.

GE announces first Canadian install of Centricity PACS SE System

GE Healthcare has inked a six-year Centricity PACS SE contract with Norfolk General Hospital in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.

Imaging center in California installs Toshiba's Vantage

Toshiba America Medical Systems' Vantage, the company's ultra short-bore 1.5-tesla (1.5T) high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, has been installed at Health Scan Imaging in Murrieta, Calif.

New England Baptist Hospital places orders for Swissray ddR systems

Swissray International announced this week that they received orders for multiple direct digital Radiography (ddR) systems from New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

Boston Medical Center to install GE's electronic pharmacy system

GE Healthcare recently inked a five-year, $1.2 million agreement with Boston Medical Center (BMC).

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.